Modeling mesoscale turbulence in the barotropic double-gyre circulation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2355-2365

  Holm, Darryl D ^a   Nadiga, Balasubramanya T ^b  

^a CENTER FOR NONLINEAR STUDIES   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENCE; VISCOSITY; VORTEX FLOW;

BAROTROPIC VORTICITY (BV) EQUATION; LAGRANGIAN AVERAGING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BAROTROPIC MOTION; GYRE; MESOSCALE EDDY; MODELING; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 0442281584     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<2355:MMTITB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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