A Surface-aware projection basis for quasigeostrophic flow

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 548-562

  Shafer Smith, K ^a   Vanneste, Jacques ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRIC OBSERVATIONS; EXPONENTIAL MODES; MESOSCALE EDDY FIELDS; MODAL DECOMPOSITION; ORTHONORMAL BASIS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOWS; SIMULTANEOUS DIAGONALIZATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BUOYANCY;

ALTIMETER; BAROCLINIC MODE; BAROTROPIC MODE; BUOYANCY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84878941883     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-0107.1     Document Type: Article

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