Use of altimeter and wind data to detect the anomalous loss of SVP-type drifter's drogue

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1663-1674

  Rio, M H ^a  

^a CLS   (France)

Author keywords

Currents; Data processing; Data quality control; In situ atmospheric observations; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS LOSS; ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; ATMOSPHERIC OBSERVATIONS; DATA QUALITY CONTROL; DATA SETS; DRIFTER DATUM; DRIFTING BUOYS; GLOBAL OCEAN; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SURFACE DRIFTER; TIME DEPENDENCY; WIND DATA;

DATA PROCESSING; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; VELOCITY;

BUOYS;

ALTIMETER; DATA BUOY; DATA PROCESSING; DATA SET; DRIFTER; EKMAN TRANSPORT; OCEANIC CURRENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84871907529     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00008.1     Document Type: Article

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