Computation of geostrophic streamfunction, its derivatives, and error estimates from an array of CPIES in drake passage

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 656-680

  Firing, Y L ^a   Chereskin, T K ^a   Watts, D R ^b   Tracey, K L ^b   Provost, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; VELOCITY; VORTICITY;

DIMENSIONAL ERRORS; ERROR ESTIMATES; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT ANOMALIES; HIGHER DERIVATIVES; LOWERED ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; OBJECTIVE MAPPING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS; VORTICITY GRADIENTS;

ESTIMATION;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; BAROTROPIC MOTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FRONTAL FEATURE; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; STREAMFLOW; VORTICITY;

DRAKE PASSAGE;

EID: 84896908567     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-13-00142.1     Document Type: Article

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