Turbulent behavior of a fine mesh (1/12°) numerical simulation of the North Atlantic

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 307-320

  Paiva, A M ^a   Hargrove, J T ^a   Chassignet, E P ^a   Bleck, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Equatorial Atlantic; Fine mesh (1 12 ) numerical simulation; Miami Isopycnic Coordinate Ocean Model (MICOM); North Atlantic; Turbulent behavior

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NORTH AMERICA; SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

CIRCULATION MODELING; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; TURBULENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032835005     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(99)00020-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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