Eddy diffusivities estimated from observations in the labrador sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Funk, A ^a   Brandt, P ^a   Fischer, T ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOUNDARY CURRENTS; CURRENT METERS; DIFFUSION MODEL; DIFFUSIVITIES; EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; INHOMOGENEITIES; LABRADOR CURRENT; LABRADOR SEA; LAGRANGIAN; LENGTH SCALE; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; RESIDENCE TIME; ROSSBY RADIUS OF DEFORMATION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SIMPLE RANDOM WALK; SWIRL VELOCITIES; WATER MASS;

DIFFUSION;

BOUNDARY CURRENT; EDDY; KINETIC ENERGY; RANDOM WALK METHOD; RESIDENCE TIME; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; TURBULENT DIFFUSION; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 68149182420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC005098     Document Type: Article

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