Explorations of the annual mean heat budget of the tropical Indian ocean. Part II: Studies with a simplified ocean general circulation model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3229-3248

  Hu, Rui Jin ^a   Godfrey, J Stuart ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT FLUX; MOMENTUM; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND STRESS;

DEPTH-INTEGRATED STERIC HEIGHT; DIAPYCNAL ENTRAINMENT; EKMAN TRANSPORT; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; EKMAN TRANSPORT; ENTRAINMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEAT BUDGET; MIXING; OCEANIC CONVECTION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OVERTURN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WHIRL; WIND STRESS; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 34547106026     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4158.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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