Thermodynamic analysis of ocean circulation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2038-2052

  Nycander, Jonas ^a   Nilsson, J ^a   Doos K ^a   Brostrom G ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HEAT CONDUCTION; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND STRESS;

OCEAN CIRCULATION AND CLIMATE ADVANCED MODEL (OCCAM); STREAMFUNCTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL OCEAN MODEL;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; CIRCULATION MODELING; GLOBAL OCEAN; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 34848869047     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3113.1     Document Type: Article

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