Quantifying dispersal and connectivity of surface waters using observational lagrangian measurements

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1127-1138

  Piecuch, Christopher G ^a,b   Rynearson, Tatiana A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Currents; Lagrangian circulation transport; Statistical techniques; Statistics; Tracers

Indexed keywords

DRIFTER DATUM; GULF STREAM; LAGRANGIAN; LAGRANGIAN MEASUREMENTS; LAGRANGIAN OBSERVATIONS; LAGRANGIAN STATISTICS; NEAR-SURFACE; NORTH ATLANTIC; PASSIVE TRACERS; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; SURFACE CURRENT; SURFACE VELOCITY; TIME-SCALES; TRANSIT TIME; WORLD OCEAN CIRCULATION EXPERIMENT;

ALGORITHMS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; STATISTICS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

ALGORITHM; DISPERSAL; DISPLACEMENT; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; OCEANIC CURRENT; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; SPECTRUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; TIMESCALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; GULF STREAM; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84868235958     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00172.1     Document Type: Article

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