Estimates of bottom flows and bottom boundary layer dissipation of the oceanic general circulation from global high-resolution models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Arbic, Brian K ^a,b   Shriver, Jay F ^c   Hogan, Patrick J ^c   Hurlburt, Harley E ^c   McClean, Julie L ^d   Metzger, E Joseph ^c   Scott, Robert B ^a   Sen, Ayon ^a,e,f   Smedstad, Ole Martin ^g   Wallcraft, Alan J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b F1orid State tjtiiversity ^*  (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Westwood High School   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g PLANNING SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DRAG; ENERGY DISSIPATION; METRIC SYSTEM; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; RESEARCH LABORATORIES;

BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYER; CURRENT METERS; DEPTH RANGE; DISSIPATION RATES; GENERAL CIRCULATION; GLOBAL ENERGY; GLOBAL SIMULATION; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY; OCEAN MODEL; PARALLEL OCEAN PROGRAMS; REASONABLE ORDERS; TIME AVERAGES;

SIMULATORS;

BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CIRCULATION MODELING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

EID: 66149171512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008jc005072     Document Type: Article

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