Ocean surface circulation

International Geophysics

Volumn 103, Issue , 2013, Pages 283-304

  Maximenko, Nikolai ^a   Lumpkin, Rick ^b   Centurioni, Luca ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageostrophic effects; Dynamic topography; Ekman dynamics; Geostrophic balance; Lagrangian drifters; Marine debris; Ocean circulation; Ocean eddies; Ocean striations; Surface currents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886393727     PISSN: 00746142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-391851-2.00012-X     Document Type: Chapter

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