Characteristics of the near-surface currents in the Indian Ocean as deduced from satellite-tracked surface drifters. Part II: Lagrangian statistics

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 459-477

  Peng, Shiqiu ^a   Qian, Yu Kun ^a   Lumpkin, Rick ^b   Li, Ping ^a   Wang, Dongxiao ^a   Du, Yan ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DIFFUSION; OCEAN CURRENTS; SHEAR FLOW;

INTEGRAL TIME SCALE; LAGRANGIAN STATISTICS; LAGRANGIAN VELOCITY; LOW-FREQUENCY VARIATIONS; NEAR-SURFACE CURRENTS; SATELLITE-TRACKED SURFACE DRIFTERS; SOUTHEASTERN ARABIAN SEAS; SPATIALLY INHOMOGENEOUS;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

DRIFTER; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84922975457     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-14-0049.1     Document Type: Article

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