Mixing structures in the Mediterranean Sea from finite-size Lyapunov exponents

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 17, 2004, Pages

  d'Ovidio, Francesco ^a   Fernández, Vicente ^a   Hernández García, Emilio ^a   López, Cristóbal ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

3220 Mathematical Geophysics: Nonlinear dynamics; 3240 Mathematical Geophysics: Chaos; 4255 Oceanography: General: Numerical modeling; 4568 Oceanography: Physical: Turbulence, diffusion, and mixing processes; 4572 Oceanography: Physical: Upper ocean processes

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; LYAPUNOV METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SET THEORY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LYAPUNOV FUNCTIONS; MIXING;

DENSE TANGLE; VELOCITY DATA SETS;

SEA LEVEL; LYAPUNOV METHODS;

MIXING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SURFACE WATER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CIRCULATION MODELS; FINITE-SIZE LYAPUNOV EXPONENTS; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; MESOSCALE STRUCTURE; PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SURFACE CIRCULATION; TRANSPORT STRUCTURE;

EID: 9744273887     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020328     Document Type: Article

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