Effect of penetrating momentum flux over the surface boundary/mixed layer in a z-coordinate OGCM of the tropical pacific

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3616-3637

  Zhang, Rong Hua ^a   Zebiak, Stephen E ^a  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; ISOTHERMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WIND STRESS;

PENETRATING MOMENTUM FLUX;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

MIXED LAYER; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOCLINE; WIND STRESS;

(TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036995096     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<3616:EOPMFO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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