On spectral analysis of mesoscale eddies. Part II: Nonlinear analysis

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2528-2544

  Berloff, P ^a   Kamenkovich, I ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION PROPERTIES; FREQUENCY SPECTRA; LINEAR DYNAMICS; MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEAN CIRCULATION MODELS; SPECTRAL DOMAINS; WAVE TURBULENCE; ZONAL WAVENUMBER;

NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CIRCULATION MODELING; MESOSCALE EDDY; NONLINEARITY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 84891597151     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-0233.1     Document Type: Article

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