Investigating transport pathways in the ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 85, Issue , 2013, Pages 81-95

  Griffa, Annalisa ^a,b   Haza, Angelique ^a   Özgökmen, Tamay M ^a   Molcard, Anne ^c   Taillandier, Vincent ^d   Schroeder, Katrin ^b   Chang, Yeon ^a   Poulain, P M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

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

Author keywords

Assimilation; Dynamical systems; Lagrangian data; Transport

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION; CHAOTIC NATURE; COASTAL MANAGEMENT; COMPLEX MEDIUM; DIFFERENT SCALE; FLOATING BUOY; FUTURE STRATEGY; IN-SITU DATA; LAGRANGIAN; MODEL PERFORMANCE; OCEAN BASINS; PARTICLE MOTIONS; TIME VARIABILITY; TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT PATHWAYS; VELOCITY FIELD;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OCEAN CURRENTS; VELOCITY;

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BUOY SYSTEM; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DATA PROCESSING; FLOW PATTERN; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; OCEANIC CURRENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARTICLE MOTION; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 84873421373     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.07.031     Document Type: Article

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