Transient wave activity and its fluxes in the North Atlantic Ocean simulated by a global eddy-resolving model

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-84

  Nakamura, Mototaka ^a   Kagimoto, Takashi ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eddy; North Atlantic; Potential vorticity; Wave activity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SURFACE WAVES;

NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TRANSIENT WAVE ACTIVITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; MESOSCALE EDDY; WATER WAVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 31644439155     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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