Submesoscale activity over the Argentinian shelf

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Capet, X ^a,b   Campos, E J ^a   Paiva, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL METHODS; TURBULENCE;

AIR-SEA HEAT FLUXES; BACKGROUND DENSITY; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITIES; DIFFUSIVITY COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; MIXED LAYERING; MIXING EFFICIENCIES; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; SATELLITE IMAGING; TURBULENT ACTIVITY; UPPER OCEAN;

HEAT FLUX;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BOUNDARY LAYER; DIFFUSIVITY; HEAT FLUX; MIXED LAYER; TURBULENCE;

ARGENTINE SHELF; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 53749106774     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034736     Document Type: Article

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