Diapycnal mixing by meso-scale eddies

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 113-120

  Eden, Carsten ^a   Greatbatch, Richard J ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DIFFUSION; FLUID MECHANICS; PARAMETERIZATION; STANDARDS; STREAM FLOW;

AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITIES; CASCADE (CO); COARSE RESOLUTION MODELS; DIAPYCNAL DIFFUSIVITY; DIAPYCNAL MIXING; DISSIPATION RATES; EDDY FLUXES; EDDY KINETIC ENERGY (EKE); GENERAL (CO); INHOMOGENEITIES; MESO SCALE; MESO SCALE EDDIES; MIXING EFFICIENCIES; MOLECULAR PROCESSES; NORTH ATLANTIC (NA); VERTICAL DIFFUSIVITY; VERTICAL MIXING;

MIXING;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; DIFFUSIVITY; DISSIPATION; MESOSCALE EDDY; PARAMETERIZATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; THERMOCLINE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 46849098429     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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