The possible role in the ocean heat budget of eddy-induced mixing due to air-sea interaction

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Greatbatch, Richard J ^a   Zhai, Xiaoming ^a   Eden, Carsten ^b   Olbers, Dirk ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETERIZATION; SEAWATER;

HEAT BALANCE; HEAT BUDGET; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EDDY; HEAT BUDGET; MIXING;

EID: 34250780003     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029533     Document Type: Article

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