Eddy fluxes and second-order moment balances for nonhomogeneous quasigeostrophic turbulence in wind-driven zonal flows

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1645-1668

  Olbers, D ^a   Wolff, J O ^a   Volker, C ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; EDDY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; TURBULENCE; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 0033823539     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<1645:EFASOM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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