The scales and equilibration of midocean eddies: Forced-dissipative flow

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1699-1720

  Smith, K Shafer ^a   Vallis, Geoffrey K ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DIFFUSION; KINETIC ENERGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; VORTEX FLOW;

EDDY POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; MESOSCALE EDDY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STRATIFICATION; ZONAL FLOW;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036611726     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<1699:TSAEOM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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