An assessment of the fine-scale eddies in a high-resolution model of the shelf seas west of Great Britain

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 271-291

  Holt, Jason T ^a   James, Ian D ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

FINE-SCALE EDDIES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHELF SEAS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BAROCLINIC MODE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OPEN OCEAN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHELF SEA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646030928     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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