Oceans and seas:Beta spiral method
Published: March 30, 2010, 12:00 am
Updated: June 12, 2012, 10:11 am
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The Beta spiral method is an inverse process for determining the oceanic velocity field, where the motion is geostrophic and the potential vorticity locally balanced. This method provides a mechanism for determining the absolute geostrophic circulation field rather than merely the relative field.
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Further Reading
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G.Bigg. The beta spiral method Deep Sea Research Part A. Oceanographic Research Papers, vol. 32, issue 4, pp. 465-484
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F. A. Schott and H. Stommel. Beta spirals and absolute velocities from different oceans. Deep Sea Res., 25: 961–1010, 1978.
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Steve Baum (Lead Author);C Michael Hogan (Topic Editor) "Beta spiral method". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth March 30, 2010; Last revised Date June 12, 2012; Retrieved May 26, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Beta_spiral_method?topic=49523>
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The Beta spiral method is an inverse process for determining the oceanic velocity field, where the motion is geostrophic and the potential vorticity locally balanced. This method provides a mechanism for determining the absolute geostrophic circulation field rather than merely the relative field.
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This article is written at a definitional level only. Authors wishing to expand this entry are inivited to expand the present treatment, which additions will be peer reviewed prior to publication of any expansion. |
Further Reading
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G.Bigg. The beta spiral method Deep Sea Research Part A. Oceanographic Research Papers, vol. 32, issue 4, pp. 465-484
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F. A. Schott and H. Stommel. Beta spirals and absolute velocities from different oceans. Deep Sea Res., 25: 961–1010, 1978.
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