Vorticity balance in coarse-resolution global ocean simulations

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 605-622

  Lu, Youyu ^a   Stammer, Detlef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DATA REDUCTION; ESTIMATION; FRICTION; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WIND; WIND STRESS;

SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VERTICALLY INTEGRATED CIRCULATIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; WIND FORCING;

EID: 1842735847     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2504.1     Document Type: Article

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