Drifter motion in the Gulf of Mexico constrained by altimetric Lagrangian coherent structures

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 6171-6175

  Olascoaga, M J ^a   Beron Vera, F J ^a   Haller, G ^b   Trinanes J ^c   Iskandarani, M ^a   Coelho, E F ^d   Haus, B K ^a   Huntley, H S ^e   Jacobs, G ^f   Kirwan, A D ^e   Lipphardt, B L ^e   Ozgokmen T M ^a   H M Reniers, A J ^a   Valle Levinson, A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Institute of Mechanical Systems (IMES)   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^f NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

altimetry; drifters; geodesic LCS; GLAD; Gulf of Mexico; LCS cores

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

ALTIMETRY; DRIFTER; GEODESIC LAGRANGIAN COHERENT STRUCTURE; GEOMETRIC TOOLS; GRAND LAGRANGIAN DEPLOYMENT; GULF OF MEXICO; LAGRANGIAN; LAGRANGIAN COHERENT STRUCTURE CORE; LAGRANGIAN COHERENT STRUCTURES;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

CIRCULATION; DRIFTER; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE MOTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84889598197     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058624     Document Type: Article

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