Control of lower-limb overturning circulation in the Southern Ocean by diapycnal mixing and mesoscale eddy transfer

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2832-2845

  Ito, Taka ^a   Marshall, John ^b  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY FLUXES; DIABATIC FORCING; DIAPYCNAL MIXING; LOWER LIMBS; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; MESO-SCALE EDDIES; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; SIMPLE MODELS; SOUTHERN OCEANS; UPPER LIMBS;

BUOYANCY; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SEAWATER;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ABYSSAL CIRCULATION; BUOYANCY; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE EDDY; MIXING; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OVERTURN;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 65549091066     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3878.1     Document Type: Article

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