Correlated signals and causal transport in ocean circulation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 140, Issue 684, 2014, Pages 2375-2382

  Jeffress, S A ^a   Haine, T W N ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advection; Circulation; Correlation; Current; Diffusion; Green's function; Transport

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; BOILER CIRCULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

CORRELATED SIGNALS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FIELD-FIELD CORRELATIONS; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; PHYSICAL TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT EQUATION;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 84922939223     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2313     Document Type: Article

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