Corrigendum to Randomness, symmetry, and scaling of mesoscale eddy life cycles [J. Phys. Oceanogr., 44, (2014) 1012-1029] DOI:10.1175/JPO-D-13-0161.1;Randomness, symmetry, and scaling of mesoscale eddy life cycles

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1012-1029

  Samelson, R M ^a   Schlax, M G ^a   Chelton, D B ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; LIFE CYCLE; OCEANOGRAPHY; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SURFACE WATERS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AUTOCORRELATION STRUCTURES; IDENTIFICATION AND TRACKING; MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATIONS; OCEAN CIRCULATION MODELS; SATELLITE ALTIMETER; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; TIME REVERSAL SYMMETRIES; WAVE CHARACTERISTICS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE EDDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84896808162     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-14-0139.1     Document Type: Erratum

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