The influence of mesoscale eddies on coarsely resolved density: An examination of subgrid-scale parameterization

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1109-1123

  Gille, Sarah T ^a,b   Davis, Russ E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 0032724097     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<1109:TIOMEO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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