On the loss of wind-induced near-inertial energy to turbulent mixing in the upper ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3040-3045

  Zhai, Xiaoming ^a,b   Greatbatch, Richard J ^a   Eden, Carsten ^a   Hibiya, Toshiyuki ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAPYCNAL MIXING; GLOBAL OCEAN; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; NEAR INERTIAL ENERGY; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN MIXING; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; REALISTIC MODEL; SEA SURFACES; TURBULENT MIXING; UPPER OCEAN; WIND FORCING;

MIXING; OCEANOGRAPHY;

WIND POWER;

EID: 73649103150     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4259.1     Document Type: Letter

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