Effects of heterogeneous surface boundary conditions on parameterized oceanic deep convection

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 156-165

  Losch, Martin ^a   Herlufsen, Sandra ^b   Timmermann, Ralph ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deep convection; Heterogeneous boundary conditions; Numerical ocean modeling; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEA ICE; SURFACES;

DEEP CONVECTION; GLOBAL OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; HETEROGENEOUS BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATIONS (LES); OCEANIC DEEP CONVECTION; SURFACE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; SURFACE BUOYANCY FLUXES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CONVECTION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; VERTICAL MIXING;

EID: 33645869263     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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