Implications of a new eddy parameterization for ocean models

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 2085-2088

  McDougall, T J ^a,b   Hirst, A C ^b   England, M H ^c   McIntosh, P C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); ESTIMATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VECTORS; VELOCITY;

ATMOSPHERE OCEAN MODELS; EDDY PARAMETERIZATION; OCEANOGRAPHIC DENSITY; STREAM FUNCTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CIRCULATION MODELLING; GLOBAL WARMING; MESOSCALE EDDIES; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 0030209379     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01960     Document Type: Article

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