A diagnosis of isopycnal mixing by mesoscale eddies

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 98-106

  Eden, Carsten ^a   Greatbatch, Richard J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Isopycnal diffusivity; Isopycnal mixing; Meso scale eddies; Temporal Residual Mean

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BUOYANCY; DIFFUSION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; EDDY FLUXES; EDDY-PERMITTING MODELS; INDUCED VELOCITIES; ISOPYCNAL DIFFUSIVITY; ISOPYCNAL MIXING; LARGE REGIONS; MESO-SCALE; MESO-SCALE EDDIES; NORTH ATLANTIC; OCEAN MODELS; SMALL SLOPE APPROXIMATIONS; STREAM-FUNCTIONS; STRONG ANISOTROPIES; SURFACE FORCING; TEMPORAL RESIDUAL MEAN; TRACER SIMULATIONS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

OCEAN HABITATS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BUOYANCY; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DIFFUSIVITY; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; MESOSCALE EDDY; MIXING; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THERMOCLINE; TRACER; ZONAL FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 59449094302     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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