Non-local ocean mixing model and a new plume model for deep convection

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 28-46

  Canuto, V M ^a,b   Cheng, Y ^a   Howard, A M ^a,c  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; THERMAL PLUMES; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER WAVES;

ADVECTION; DEEP CONVECTION; OCEAN MIXING MODEL; PLUME MODEL;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; DEEP WATER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; OCEANIC CONVECTION; PLUME; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT DIFFUSION; TURBULENT MIXING;

EID: 36949016379     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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