Gravitational potential energy balance for the thermal circulation in a model ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1420-1429

  Huang, Rui Xin ^a   Jin, Xingze ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GRAVITATION; KINETIC ENERGY; WIND STRESS;

CIRCULATION PATTERN; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; THERMAL CIRCULATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EQUATION OF STATE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

EID: 33748480704     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2914.1     Document Type: Article

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