Parameterizing mesoscale eddies with residual and Eulerian schemes, and a comparison with eddy-permitting models

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Zhao, Rongrong ^a   Vallis, Geoffrey ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EULER EQUATIONS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; VISCOSITY;

MOMENTUM EQUATIONS; RESIDUAL SCHEME; SKEW FLUX SCHEMES;

PARAMETERIZATION;

EULERIAN ANALYSIS; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; MESOSCALE EDDY; MOMENTUM; PARAMETERIZATION; TRACER; VISCOSITY;

EID: 44649169810     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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