Seasonal and regional characterization of horizontal stirring in the global ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Hernandez Carrasco, Ismael ^a   López, Cristóbal ^a   Hernandez García, Emilio ^a   Turiel, Antonio ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA INTERDISCIPLINAR Y SISTEMAS COMPLEJOS IFISC CSIC UIB   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VELOCITY;

DESCRIPTORS; EARTH SIMULATORS; EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; EULERIAN; FINITE-SIZE LYAPUNOV EXPONENTS; GLOBAL OCEAN; LAGRANGIAN; LYAPUNOV EXPONENT; MAXIMUM VALUES; NEAR-SURFACE; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; OCEANIC BASIN; OCEANIC FLOW; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SIMULATED DATA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; VELOCITY FIELD;

LYAPUNOV METHODS;

EULER FLOW; GLOBAL OCEAN; KINETIC ENERGY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84867504977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008222     Document Type: Article

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