Tentative study of flow patterns in the North Aegean Sea using NOAA-AVHRR images and 2D model simulation
Date
1996Author
Zodiatis, GeorgeAlexandri, Stamatina
Pavlakis, Petros J.
Jönsson, Lennart
Kallos, George B.
Demetropoulos, Andreas
Georgiou, Georgios C.
Theodorou, Athanasios J.
Balopoulos, Efstathios Th
Source
Annales GeophysicaeVolume
14Issue
11Pages
1221-1231Google Scholar check
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A statistical technique for image processing, the maximum cross correlation (MCC) method, was utilized on sequences of NOAA-AVHRR thermal data in order to explore the surface advective current dynamics at the discharge region of the Hellespont in the North Aegean Sea. A 2D numerical flow model was also used in order to simulate the barotropic flow pattern of the surface water layer. The model was forced with diurnal wind fields obtained for the same period as the satellite infrared images. The currents (magnitude and direction) derived from the two methods compare satisfactorily despite the fact that some model simplifications were made.