Alongslope mean flow and an associated upslope bolus flux of tracer in a parameterization of mesoscale turbulance

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 709-735

  Greatbatch, Richard J ^a   Li, Guoqing ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alongslope flow; Climate models; Coastal ocean processes; Eddy parameterization

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; FLOW; PARAMETERIZATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0342980284     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(99)00078-3     Document Type: Article

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