On computing the absolute geostrophic velocity spiral

Authors

David W. Behringer, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorologicl Laboratories, 15 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, Florida, 33149, U.S.A.

Abstract

Recently, Stommel and Schott (1977) have proposed a method for computing absolute geostrophic current spirals from observations of the density field alone . Some applications of the method have led to ambiguous results in which the computed spirals have depended on the depth range of the data used....

Recommended Citation

Behringer, David W.. 1979. "On computing the absolute geostrophic velocity spiral." Journal of Marine Research 37, (3). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1478