Understanding the regional variability of eddy diffusivity in the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2011-2023

  Shuckburgh, Emily ^a   Jones, Helen ^b   Marshall, John ^b   Hill, Chris ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSIVITIES; EDDY ACTIVITY; EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; EDDY TRANSPORTS; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITIES; MEAN FLOW; PACIFIC SECTOR; PARAMETERIZATIONS; REGIONAL VARIABILITY; REGIONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TRACER DIFFUSION; WEAK MEAN FLOWS;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; KINETIC ENERGY; OCEANOGRAPHY;

DIFFUSION;

ADVECTION; DIFFUSIVITY; EDDY; KINETIC ENERGY; MIXING; PARAMETERIZATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TRACER;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 73949094722     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4115.1     Document Type: Article

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