Random-forcing model of the mesoscale oceanic eddies

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 529, Issue , 2005, Pages 71-95

  Berloff, Pavel S ^a,b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DECOMPOSITION; DIFFUSION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ANTI-DIFFUSIVE PROCESS; BOUNDARY CURRENTS; OCEANIC EDDIES; VARIANCE;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

EID: 18744405714     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005003393     Document Type: Article

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