Wave-induced upper-ocean mixing in a climate model of intermediate complexity

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 189-197

  Babanin, Alexander V ^a   Ganopolski, Andrey ^b   Phillips, William R C ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air sea interactions; Climate modelling; Langmuir circulation; Mixed layer depth; Wave induced turbulence; Wind generated waves

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTIONS; CLIMATE MODEL; CLIMATE MODELLING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL WINDS; INTERMEDIATE COMPLEXITY; LANGMUIR CIRCULATION; LANGMUIR CIRCULATIONS; MIXED LAYER; MIXED-LAYER DEPTH; OCEAN MIXING; PARAMETERIZED; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; POSSIBLE FUTURES; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; PRESSURE PATTERNS; SCALE INTERACTIONS; SEASONAL TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUB-GRID; SURFACE CURRENT; THERMODYNAMIC BALANCE; WAVE ORBITAL MOTION; WAVEBREAKING;

MIXING; MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SURFACE WAVES; TURBULENCE; WIND POWER; WIND STRESS;

WAVES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LANGMUIR CIRCULATION; MIXED LAYER; MIXING; OCEAN WAVE; PARAMETERIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBULENT MIXING; UPPER OCEAN; WAVE BREAKING; WIND STRESS; WIND WAVE;

EID: 67349201391     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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