Latitude-dependent vertical mixing and the tropical thermocline in a global OGCM

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2004, Pages

  Canuto, V M ^a,b   Howard, A ^a,c   Cheng, Y ^a   Miller, R L ^a,b  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DIFFUSION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GRAVITATION; SWITCHING;

OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS (OGCM); PYCNOCLINE DIFFUSIVITY; SHARP EQUATORIAL THERMOCLINE;

TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PYCNOCLINE; THERMOCLINE;

EID: 7244260627     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019891     Document Type: Article

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