Advanced insights into sources of vertical velocity in the ocean

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 56, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 513-524

  Giordani, Hervé ^a   Prieur, Louis ^b   Caniaux, Guy ^a  

^a Meteo France Ctr Natl Rech M   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Generalized equation; Mixed layer processes dynamic; Q vector formulation; Submesoscale structures; Turbulent fluxes

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND;

GENERALIZED Ω-EQUATION; MIXED-LAYER PROCESSES; Q-VECTOR FORMULATION; SUBMESOSCALE STRUCTURES; TURBULENT FLUXES;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND;

AGEOSTROPHIC FLOW; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; MESOSCALE EDDY; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL METHOD; OCEANIC FRONT; TURBULENT FLOW; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 33845959782     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-005-0050-1     Document Type: Article

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