Sensitivity of an ocean general circulation model to a parameterization of near-surface eddy fluxes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1192-1208

  Danabasoglu, Gokhan ^a   Ferrari, Raffaele ^b   McWilliams, James C ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

EDDY TRANSPORT; NEAR-SURFACE EDDY FLUXES; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELING; EDDY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA SURFACE; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENT MIXING; UPPER OCEAN;

EID: 44349125765     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1508.1     Document Type: Article

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