A spectral barotropic model of the wind-driven world ocean

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 310-322

  Frisius, Thomas ^a,b   Fraedrich, Klaus ^a,b   Zhu, Xiuhua ^b   Wang, Weiqiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depth averaged flow; Implicit modelling; Ocean wave dynamics; Spectral model; Wind driven ocean circulation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; BAROTROPIC; BAROTROPIC MODELS; DEPTH-AVERAGED FLOW; EFFICIENT METHOD; EQUATORIAL WAVES; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; IMPLICIT MODELLING; IMPLICIT TIME INTEGRATION; INTERMEDIATE COMPLEXITY; LONG-TERM CLIMATE VARIABILITY; MODEL PERFORMANCE; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN MODEL; OCEAN WAVE-DYNAMICS; OCEAN WAVES; SEAMLESS COUPLING; SPECTRAL METHODS; SPECTRAL MODEL; SPIN-UP; SURFACE GRAVITY WAVES; TRANSPORT SCHEMES; WAVE DISPERSION; WORLD OCEAN;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; DYNAMICS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; SPECTROSCOPY; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER WAVES; WAVES; WIND STRESS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BAROTROPIC MOTION; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAVITY WAVE; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; OCEAN WAVE; OCEANIC CURRENT; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VORTICITY; WIND STRESS; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 70349410199     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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