Targeted Lagrangian sampling of submesoscale dispersion at a coastal frontal zone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Schroeder, K ^a   Chiggiato, J ^b,c   Haza, A C ^d   Griffa, A ^a,d   Zgkmen, T M ^d   Zanasca, P ^b   Molcard, A ^e   Borghini, M ^a   Poulain, P M ^f   Gerin, R ^f   Zambianchi, E ^d,g   Falco, P ^g   Trees, C ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^f ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL TRACERS; COASTAL FRONTS; FINITE-SIZE LYAPUNOV EXPONENTS; FRONTAL ZONES; FUNCTION OF TIME; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; LAGRANGIAN SAMPLING; LOCAL DISPERSION; MEAN-SQUARE SEPARATION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MULTISCALES; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PARTICLE DISPERSION; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; REGIONAL OCEAN MODELING SYSTEM; RELATIVE DISPERSION; RIVER OUTFLOW; SEPARATION DISTANCES;

EARTH SCIENCES;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRONTAL FEATURE; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; OUTFLOW; PARAMETERIZATION; RIVER FLOW; SAMPLING; TRACER;

LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

EID: 84862206092     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051879     Document Type: Article

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