A new solar radiation penetration scheme for use in ocean mixed layer studies: An application to the Black Sea using a fine-resolution Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM)

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-32

  Kara, A Birol ^a   Wallcraft, Alan J ^a   Hurlburt, Harley E ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; DIFFUSION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SATELLITES; TURBIDITY;

BLACK SEA; HYBRID COORDINATE MEASURING MODELS (HYCOM); K-PROFILE PARAMETERIZATION (KPP); MIXED LAYER DEPTH (MLD); SEA-VIEWING WIDE FIELD-OF-VIEW SENSORS (SEAWIFS);

SOLAR RADIATION;

MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SOLAR RADIATION; TURBIDITY;

BLACK SEA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; WORLD;

EID: 14644388508     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2677.1     Document Type: Article

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