Effects of a bottom boundary layer parameterization in a coarse-resolution model of the North Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 698-707

  Döscher, Ralf ^a,b,c   Beckmann, A ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CIRCULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; PARAMETERIZATION; STRATIFICATION;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0343627027     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2000)017<0698:EOABBL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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