Evaluating where and why drifters die

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 300-308

  Lumpkin, Rick ^a   Maximenko, Nikolai ^b   Pazos, Mayra ^a  

^a ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Buoy observations; In situ observations; Lagrangian circulation transport; Pollution; Transport

Indexed keywords

BUOY OBSERVATIONS; EXTERNAL FACTORS; GLOBAL ARRAYS; IN SITU OBSERVATIONS; INTERNAL FAILURE; INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS; LAGRANGIAN; MARINE DEBRIS; SURFACE DRIFTING; TRANSPORT;

METADATA; POLLUTION;

DEBRIS;

IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; NOAA SATELLITE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

EID: 84857164615     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00100.1     Document Type: Article

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