Relative dispersion observations and trajectory modeling in the Santa Barbara Channel

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Ohlmann, J Carter ^a   Lacasce, Joe H ^b   Washburn, Libe ^a   Mariano, Arthur J ^c   Emery, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ERROR STATISTICS; HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; VELOCITY;

COASTAL REGIONS; DISPERSION CURVES; E-FOLDING; ERROR BARS; HF RADARS; HIGHER ORDER; HORIZONTAL SPACING; IN-SITU; LAGRANGIAN; LAGRANGIAN OBSERVATIONS; LAGRANGIAN STATISTICS; LAGRANGIAN STOCHASTIC MODELS; LENGTH SCALE; MEAN SQUARE; RELATIVE DISPERSION; RELATIVE VELOCITY; SANTA BARBARA CHANNELS; SEPARATION DISTANCES; SUBGRID SCALE; SURFACE DRIFTER; TRAJECTORY MODELING; VELOCITY SCALE;

DISPERSIONS;

COASTAL ZONE; DISPERSION; DRIFTER; GPS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; SAMPLING; STOCHASTICITY; TRAJECTORY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861689338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007810     Document Type: Article

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