Lagrangian coherent structures in the California Current System - sensitivities and limitations

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-44

  Harrison, Cheryl S ^a   Glatzmaier, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California Current; Lagrangian coherent structures; Lyapunov exponents; mesoscale eddies; ocean transport

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; LAGRANGIAN COHERENT STRUCTURES; LYAPUNOV EXPONENT; MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEAN TRANSPORTS;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; OCEAN HABITATS; VELOCITY;

LYAPUNOV METHODS;

INTERPOLATION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PERTURBATION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84858609369     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929.2010.532793     Document Type: Article

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