On the determination of absolute velocities in the ocean

Authors

Manuel E. Fiadeiro, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 6666, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511, U.S.A.
George Veronis, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 6666, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511, U.S.A.

Abstract

An empirical search procedure based only on hydrographic data and the use of the dynamical method provides a good estimate of the level of no motion. The criterion is to select the level that yields the minimum mean square transport imbalances for the set of carefully chosen independent layers....

Recommended Citation

Fiadeiro, Manuel E., and George Veronis. 1982. "On the determination of absolute velocities in the ocean." Journal of Marine Research 40, (S). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1638