Propagation of wind energy in to the deep ocean through a fully turbulent mesoscale eddy field

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2224-2241

  Danioux, Eric ^a   Klein, Patrice ^a,c   Rivièr, Pascal ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^c Centre Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENCE; VORTICITY; WIND STRESS;

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; ANALYTICAL STUDIES; DEEP OCEANS; ENERGY SOURCES; HORIZONTAL SCALES; INERTIAL FREQUENCIES; INERTIAL MOTIONS; MESOSCALE EDDY FIELDS; NORMAL MODES; NUMERICAL MODELS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; RELATIVE VORTICITIES; RMS VALUES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITIES; SUBHARMONIC INSTABILITIES; VERTICAL VELOCITIES; VORTICITY GRADIENTS; WIND ENERGIES;

WIND POWER;

MESOSCALE EDDY; MIXING; REFRACTION; THERMOCLINE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTICITY; WIND STRESS;

EID: 57849131684     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3821.1     Document Type: Article

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