Processes of energy conversion in the ocean: A review of the Lorenz diagram;Os processos de conversão de energia nos oceanos: Uma revisão do Diagrama de Lorenz

Revista Brasileira de Geofisica

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-172

  De Azevedo, José Luiz Lima ^a   De Oliveira, Leopoldo Rota ^a   De Souza, José Francisco Almeida ^a   Soares, Ivan Dias ^a   Mata, Maurício Magalhães ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Baroclinic conversion and quasi geostrophy; Barotropic conversion; Eddy kinetic energy; Lorenz Diagram; Potential energy

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MOTION; BAROTROPIC MOTION; EDDY; GEOPHYSICS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INSTRUMENTATION; KINETIC ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

EID: 53849086172     PISSN: 0102261X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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