Numerical simulations of the Mediterranean sea outflow: Impact of the entrainment parameterization in an isopycnic coordinate ocean model

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 325-356

  Papadakis, Matheos P ^a   Chassignet, Eric P ^a   Hallberg, Robert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrainment; Isopycnic coordinate; Meddies; Mediterranean sea outflow; Ocean modelling

Indexed keywords

ENTRAINMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTFLOW; PARAMETERIZATION; WATER MASS;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0037505994     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1463-5003(02)00042-2     Document Type: Article

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