How momentum advection schemes influence current-topography interactions at eddy permitting resolution

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-14

  Le Sommer, Julien ^a   Penduff, Thierry ^a   Theetten, Sébastien ^b   Madec, Gurvan ^c   Barnier, Bernard ^a  

^a LEGI   (France)

^b Centre Bretagne   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Momentum advection schemes; Topography; z level models

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE REGIONS; BOTTOM LAYERS; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHIES; EDDY-PERMITTING RESOLUTIONS; ENERGY-CONSERVING; ENSTROPHY; GULF STREAMS; MEAN CURRENTS; MODEL SOLUTIONS; NORTH ATLANTIC; SECOND ORDERS; SENSITIVITY SIMULATIONS; VELOCITY FIELDS; VERTICAL PROFILES; Z-LEVEL MODELS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; MOMENTUM; OCEAN CURRENTS;

ADVECTION;

ADVECTION; EDDY; KINETIC ENERGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAMPLING BIAS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VERTICAL PROFILE; VORTICITY; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GULF STREAM;

EID: 64849106632     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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