Vertical structure of ocean surface currents under high winds from massive arrays of drifters

Lodise, John; Özgökmen, Tamay; Griffa, Annalisa; Berta, Maristella

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1627-2019

Articles | Volume 15, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1627-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1627-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 6

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09 Dec 2019

Research article |

| 09 Dec 2019

Vertical structure of ocean surface currents under high winds from massive arrays of drifters

John Lodise, Tamay Özgökmen, Annalisa Griffa, and Maristella Berta

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