Entrainment, diapycnal mixing and transport in three-dimensional bottom gravity current simulations using the Mellor-Yamada turbulence scheme

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-168

  Ezer, Tal ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Numerical modeling; Ocean mixing; Overflow

Indexed keywords

AIR ENTRAINMENT; BOUNDARY LAYERS; EDDY CURRENTS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; THERMAL PLUMES; TURBULENCE;

BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYER (BBL); DIAPYCNAL MIXING; OCEAN MODELS; PLUME TRANSPORT;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; ENTRAINMENT; TURBULENCE; VERTICAL MIXING;

EID: 10644253412     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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