Comparison between three implementations of automatic identification algorithms for the quantification and characterization of mesoscale eddies in the South Atlantic Ocean

Three methods for automatic detection of mesoscale coherent structures are applied to Sea Level Anomaly (SLA) fields in the South Atlantic. The first method is based on the wavelet packet decomposition of the SLA data, the second on the estimation of the Okubo-Weiss parameter and the third on a geom...

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Main Authors: J. M. A. C. Souza, C. de Boyer Montégut, P. Y. Le Traon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2011-05-01
Series:Ocean Science
Online Access:http://www.ocean-sci.net/7/317/2011/os-7-317-2011.pdf