Eliassen-palm fluxes and the momentum equation in non-eddy-resolving ocean circulation models

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2539-2546

  Gent, Peter R ^a   Mcwilliams, James C ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELLING; EDDIES; ELIASSEN-PALM FLUXES; MOMENTUM EQUATION; NON-EDDY RESOLVING MODELS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN, ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT;

EID: 0030390346     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<2539:EFATME>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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