Adiabatically correcting an eddy-permitting model using large-scale hydrographic data: Application to the gulf stream and the North Atlantic current

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 701-719

  Eden, Carsten ^a   Greatbatch, Richard J ^a   Böning, Claus W ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT FLUX; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TOPOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EDDY-PERMITTING MODEL; GULF STREAM; SPURIOUS HEAT FLUX;

EDDY CURRENTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; HEAT FLUX; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM; NEWFOUNDLAND SHELF;

EID: 1642422671     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<0701:ACAEMU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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