Drifter-derived estimates of lateral eddy diffusivity in the World Ocean with emphasis on the Indian Ocean and problems of parameterisation

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 83, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-11

  Zhurbas, Victor ^a,b   Lyzhkov, Dmitry ^a,c   Kuzmina, Natalia ^a  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^c MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Indian Ocean; Lateral eddy diffusivity; Mixed layer drifter

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA RESEARCH; EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; INDIAN OCEAN; LAGRANGIAN VELOCITY; LATERAL DIFFUSIVITY; MARINE RESEARCH; MIXED LAYER;

ESTIMATION; KINETICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

DIFFUSION;

DATA SET; EDDY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; KINETIC ENERGY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MONSOON; OCEANIC CURRENT; TURBULENT DIFFUSION; WIND FIELD; WIND PROFILE;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84884310243     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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