Mean circulation and structures of tilted ocean deep convection

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 803-816

  Wirth, Achim ^a   Barnier, B ^a  

^a LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HEAT FLUX; INTEGRATION; MECHANICS; NATURAL CONVECTION; SURFACES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; (E ,3E) PROCESS; AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS); AXIS OF ROTATION (AOR); BOUSSINESQ EQUATIONS; BUOYANCY FLUXES; DEE P CONVECTION; ESSENTIAL PARAMETERS; HORIZONTAL VELOCITY COMPONENTS; OCEAN CONVECTION; ROTATING FRAMES; ROTATION VECTOR; SECOND-ORDER MOMENTS (SOM); SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D);

ROTATION;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; BUOYANCY FORCING; HEAT FLUX; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CONVECTION; PARAMETERIZATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 45749093848     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JPO3756.1     Document Type: Article

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