Eddy transport and mixing in a wind- and buoyancy-driven jet on the sphere

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1133-1149

  Cerovečki, Ivana ^a,b   Plumb, R Alan ^a   Heres, William ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC; BUOYANCY DRIVEN FLOWS; BUOYANCY FLUXES; CAT'S EYES; CONVECTIVE EVENTS; CORIOLIS PARAMETER; DIABATIC; DIAPYCNAL DIFFUSIVITY; DIFFUSIVITIES; EDDY TRANSPORTS; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITIES; ERTEL POTENTIAL VORTICITY; EULERIAN; FLUX-GRADIENT RELATIONSHIP; LARGE PARTS; LATERAL MOMENTUM; MEAN FIELD; MEAN FLOW; MULTIPLE JETS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; REYNOLDS STRESS; STATISTICALLY STEADY STATE; SURFACE LAYERS; TEM; TIME AVERAGING; TRIPLE CORRELATION; UNSTABLE REGIONS; ZONAL JETS;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES; BUDGET CONTROL; BUOYANCY; DIFFUSION; OCEAN HABITATS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTICITY;

JETS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BUOYANCY; CORIOLIS FORCE; DIFFUSIVITY; EDDY; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; JET FLOW; JET STREAM; MIXING; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 67649364580     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3596.1     Document Type: Article

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