This paper reviews physical mechanisms, observation techniques and modelling
approaches dealing with surface currents on short time scales (hours to days) relevant for …

Satellite-tracked drifting buoy data are being collected by numerous investigators and
agencies in several countries for the World Ocean Circulation Experiment-Tropical Oceans …

Buoy drifts and current meter records between January 1987 and April 1992 are used to
investigate the seasonal variability of the equatorial Pacific Ocean currents at a depth of 15 …

The modification of near‐surface near‐inertial oscillations (NIOs) by the geostrophic vorticity
is studied globally from an observational standpoint. Surface drifter are used to estimate NIO …

The tropical Pacific Ocean surface current system can be characterized by a strong degree
of nonstationarity due to the fast response time of equatorial and near‐equatorial dynamics …

Velocities of surface drifters are analyzed to study tidal currents throughout the World Ocean.
The global drifter data set spanning the period 1979–2013 is used to describe the …

This paper provides a spectral description of near‐surface oceanic velocity variability on a
global scale. Rotary spectra of drifter velocities are estimated in zonal bands of the Indian …

The dependence of the fidelity of a Lagrangian data assimilation scheme on the initial
launch locations of the observed drifters is studied in the context of a reduced gravity …

Eddy diffusivity of the surface velocity field in the tropical Pacific Ocean was estimated using
satellite‐tracked drifting buoys (1979 through mid‐1996). The tropical Pacific surface current …

We have developed an analysis method to determine the amplitude of inertial motion from
surface trajectory data of ARGO profiling floats. This method gives an estimate of inertial …