Effects of different closures for thickness diffusivity

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 47-59

  Eden, Carsten ^a   Jochum, Markus ^b   Danabasoglu, Gokhan ^b  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddy parameterisation; Meso scale eddies; Ocean modelling

Indexed keywords

LASERS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; CONSTANT VALUES; EDDY PARAMETERISATION; GLOBAL OCEANS; GULF STREAMS; ISOPYCNAL; LOCAL SENSITIVITIES; MESO-SCALE EDDIES; NEGATIVE TEMPERATURES; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENTS; OCEAN CIRCULATION MODELS; OCEAN MODELLING; PARAMETERISATION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SUBTROPICAL GYRES; TROPICAL OCEANS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; VERTICAL VARIATIONS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR WAVE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GYRE; MESOSCALE EDDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; THERMOCLINE;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GULF STREAM; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 56949084029     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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