Buoyancy effects in a stratified Ekman layer

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2581-2599

  McWilliams, James C ^a   Huckle, Edward ^a   Shchepetkin, Alexander F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER DEPTH; BUOYANCY EFFECT; BUOYANCY FLUXES; BUOYANCY FREQUENCY; CORIOLIS; DENSITY STRATIFICATION; DIURNAL CYCLE; EDDY VISCOSITY; EKMAN LAYERS; FRICTION VELOCITY; HIGH-FREQUENCY SURFACES; INERTIAL FREQUENCY; K-PROFILE PARAMETERIZATION; MEAN SHEAR; MEAN VELOCITIES; MESOSCALE; PARAMETERIZED; PROFILE FLUCTUATIONS; RECTIFICATION EFFECTS; RESTRATIFICATION; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR FORCING; STRESS FLUCTUATIONS; SUB-MESOSCALE EDDIES; SURFACE COOLING; SURFACE HEATING; SURFACE STRESS; TURBULENT STRESS; VELOCITY PROFILES;

BUOYANCY; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; SOLAR ENERGY;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

BUOYANCY; CORIOLIS FORCE; EKMAN LAYER; PARAMETERIZATION; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 73949086441     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4130.1     Document Type: Article

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