Eddy length scales in the North Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Eden, Carsten ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; TURBULENCE;

CIRCULATION MODELING; EDDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; KINETIC ENERGY; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; ROSSBY NUMBER; THEORETICAL STUDY; TURBULENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 34548410942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003901     Document Type: Article

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