Observation-based evaluation of surface wave effects on currents and trajectory forecasts

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 62, Issue 10-12, 2012, Pages 1519-1533

  Röhrs, Johannes ^a   Christensen, Kai Häkon ^a   Hole, Lars Robert ^a   Broström, Göran ^b   Drivdal, Magnus ^a   Sundby, Svein ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

ISphere; Surface drifters; Trajectory forecasts; Wave effects; Wave current interactions

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; CO-LOCATED; DATA SETS; DIRECTIONAL WAVE SPECTRUM; EULERIAN; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; ISPHERE; LAGRANGIAN; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; OCEAN MODEL; ON CURRENTS; SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS; SURFACE DRIFTER; SURFACE FLUX; THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME-SCALES; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; UPPER OCEAN CURRENTS; WAVE CURRENT INTERACTION; WAVE MOTIONS; WAVE-INDUCED CORIOLIS-STOKES; WAVE-RIDERS;

BUOYS; DRAG; FORECASTING; KINETICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OIL SPILLS; SURFACE WAVES; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER WAVES; WAVE EFFECTS;

TRAJECTORIES;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ADVECTION; BUOY SYSTEM; CORIOLIS FORCE; DRAG; DRIFTER; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; KINETIC ENERGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEARCH AND RESCUE; STOKES FORMULA; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE WAVE; TRAJECTORY; TURBULENCE; WAVE ACTION; WAVE SPECTRUM; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION; WIND FORCING;

EID: 84870939774     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-012-0576-y     Document Type: Article

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