Parameterizing ocean eddy transports from surface to bottom

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 19, 2004, Pages

  Aiki, Hidenori ^a   Jacobson, Tivon ^b   Yamagata, Toshio ^a,b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

1635 Global Change: Oceans (4203); 4255 Oceanography: General: Numerical modeling; 4520 Oceanography: Physical: Eddies and mesoscale processes; 4532 Oceanography: Physical: General circulation

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; GEOPHYSICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; TORQUE;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; EDDY TRANSPORTS; ELLIPTIC EQUATIONS; WAVE STRESS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; EDDY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OVERTURN;

EID: 11044237894     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020703     Document Type: Article

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