Spreading of near-inertial energy in a 1/12° model of the North Atlantic Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Zhai, Xiaoming ^a   Greatbatch, Richard J ^a   Eden, Carsten ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; CHIMNEY EFFECT; MESOSCALE EDDY FIELD;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DISPERSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANTICYCLONE; GYRE; MESOSCALE EDDY; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 34447579261     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029895     Document Type: Article

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