Assessment of mesoscale eddy parameterizations for a single-basin coarse-resolution ocean model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2002, Pages

  Solovev, Michael ^a   Stone, Peter H ^a   Malanotte Rizzoli, Paola ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddies; GCMs; Mesoscale; Modeling; Parameterizations

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

EID: 0037107229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc001032     Document Type: Article

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