Eulerian and lagrangian statistics in the south China sea as deduced from surface drifters

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 726-743

  Qian, Yu Kun ^a   Peng, Shiqiu ^a   Li, Yineng ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL REGIONS; LAGRANGIAN DRIFTERS; LAGRANGIAN STATISTICS; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE VELOCITY; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; WESTERN BOUNDARY;

DIFFUSION;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

DATA SET; DRIFTER; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; GAUSSIAN METHOD; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MARKOV CHAIN; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER;

LUZON STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84878928300     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-0170.1     Document Type: Article

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