Effect of the Prandtl number in the parameterization of vertical mixing in an OGCM of the tropical Pacific

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Noh, Yign ^a   Kang, Yune Jeung ^a   Matsuura, Tomonori ^b   Iizuka, Satoshi ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRANDTL NUMBER; SEA LEVEL; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY;

OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VERTICAL MIXING; ZONAL VELOCITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; THERMOCLINE; VERTICAL MIXING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 31544454382     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024540     Document Type: Article

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