Analyzing the footprints of near-surface aqueous turbulence: An image processing-based approach

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1272-1286

  Schnieders, J ^a   Garbe, C S ^a   Peirson, W L ^b   Smith, G B ^c   Zappa, C J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED IMAGING;

FRICTION VELOCITY; LABORATORY FACILITIES; LANGMUIR CIRCULATIONS; LANGMUIR NUMBER; MACHINE LEARNING APPROACHES; SURFACE CONDITIONS; TANGENTIAL STRESS; THERMAL PATTERNS;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

HEAT FLOW; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFRARED IMAGERY; LANGMUIR CIRCULATION; OPEN OCEAN; SATURATION; TURBULENCE; WIND STRESS; WIND VELOCITY; WIND WAVE;

EID: 84878909632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20102     Document Type: Article

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