Stochastic stability of open-ocean deep convection

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2764-2780

  Kuhlbrodt, Till ^a   Monahan, Adam Hugh ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

STOCHASTIC STABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CONVECTION; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 1642578839     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<2764:SSOODC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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