Evidence for enhanced eddy mixing at middepth in the southern ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-69

  Smith, K Shafer ^a   Marshall, John ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRIC OBSERVATIONS; AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETIES; ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; AREA COORDINATES; BUOYANCY FLUXES; DIFFUSIVITIES; EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; EDDY FLUXES; EDDY KINETIC ENERGIES; EDDY MIXING; EDDY STRESS; EDDY-DRIVEN CIRCULATIONS; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITIES; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; LINEAR STABILITIES; MEAN SHEARS; MIXING PROPERTIES; NON-LINEAR MODELS; PARAMETERIZATIONS; POTENTIAL VORTICITIES; SOUTHERN OCEANS; SURFACE CURRENTS; SURFACE PRESSURES; UNSTABLE WAVES; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

BUOYANCY; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING;

DIFFUSION;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BUOYANCY; CIRCULATION MODELING; EDDY; KINETIC ENERGY; MIXING RATIO; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; STRATIFICATION; SURFACE PRESSURE;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 65549117360     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3880.1     Document Type: Article

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