Subgrid-scale eddy parameterization by statistical mechanics in a barotropic ocean model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1017-1042

  Kazantsev, Evguéni ^a,c   Sommeria, Joël ^b   Verron, Jacques ^a  

^a LEGI   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c INRIA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC MOTION; CIRCULATION MODELING; EDDY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 0032443481     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<1017:SSEPBS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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