Global characteristics of coherent vortices from surface drifter trajectories

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1306-1321

  Lumpkin, Rick ^a  

^a ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

physical oceanography

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AUTOMATION; EDDY; KINETIC ENERGY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; TRAJECTORY; VELOCITY PROFILE; VORTICITY;

EID: 84975744496     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JC011435     Document Type: Article

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