Evaluation of altimetry-derived surface current products using Lagrangian drifter trajectories in the eastern Gulf of Mexico

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2827-2842

  Liu, Yonggang ^a   Weisberg, Robert H ^a   Vignudelli, Stefano ^b   Mitchum, Gary T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

drifters; ocean circulation; satellite altimetry; surface currents; trajectory model

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OIL SPILLS; SATELLITES; TRAJECTORIES;

DRIFTERS; OCEAN CIRCULATION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SURFACE CURRENT; TRAJECTORY MODELING;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

DATA ASSIMILATION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CURRENT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; TRAJECTORY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84902804077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009710     Document Type: Article

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