A comparison of vessel-mounted acoustic doppler current profiler and satellite altimeter estimates of sea surface height and transports between New Jersey and Bermuda along the CMV Oleander route

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1422-1433

  Worst, Jessica S ^a,c   Donohue, Kathleen A ^b   Rossby, T ^b  

^a U S COAST GUARD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c USCGC SEQUOIA ^*  (Guam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; KINETICS; RADIO ALTIMETERS; SEA LEVEL; VELOCITY;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; COMMERCIAL VESSELS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; SATELLITE ALTIMETER; SATELLITE ALTIMETER MEASUREMENTS; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; VESSEL-MOUNTED ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; AGEOSTROPHIC FLOW; DEEP SEA; EKMAN TRANSPORT; FLOW MEASUREMENT; KINETIC ENERGY; OCEANIC CURRENT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; VESSEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERMUDA; GULF STREAM; NEW JERSEY; SARGASSO SEA; UNITED STATES;

NERIUM;

EID: 84902182462     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-13-00122.1     Document Type: Article

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