Application of the smooth orthogonal decomposition to oceanographic data sets Academic Article

abstract

• The so-called "smooth orthogonal decomposition" technique, developed in the nonlinear vibrations and fatigue community, is applied to an oceanographic data set. This decomposition technique overcomes some limitations of the proper orthogonal decomposition technique by identifying modes which behave smoothly in time and thus being sensitive to both variance amplitude as well as frequency. This important property is demonstrated through identification of a 4 day topographic Rossby wave on the Louisiana slope, which the proper orthogonal decomposition technique fails to isolate. 2014. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.

authors

• DiMarco, Steven

published proceedings

• GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

altmetric score

• 0.25

author list (cited authors)

• Kuehl, J. J., DiMarco, S. F., Spencer, L. J., & Guinasso, N.

citation count

• 12

complete list of authors

• Kuehl, Joseph J||DiMarco, Steven F||Spencer, Laura J||Guinasso, Norman L Jr

publication date

• June 2014

publisher

• American Geophysical Union (AGU)  Publisher

published in

• Geophysical Research Letters  Journal

keywords

• 37 Earth Sciences
• 3708 Oceanography
• 40 Engineering

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1002/2014GL060237

start page

• 3966

end page

• 3971

volume

• 41

issue

• 11

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1002%2F2014gl060237