Lagrangian analysis of the meridional overturning circulation in an idealized ocean basin

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2175-2193

  Van Roekel, Luke P ^a   Ito, Taka ^a   Haertel, Patrick T ^b   Randall, David A ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL CIRCULATION; ABYSSAL MIXING; CLASSICAL THEORY; DEEP WATER; DIAPYCNAL MIXING; DIFFUSIVITIES; ENHANCED MIXING; HEAT TRANSPORT; LAGRANGIAN; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LAGRANGIAN FORMULATIONS; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; NUMERICAL DIFFUSION; OCEAN BASINS; OCEAN MODEL; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; SIMULATED TRAJECTORIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE MIXED LAYERS; TRANSIT-TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; TROPICAL THERMOCLINE; VENTILATION RATE; VERTICAL DIFFUSIVITY; WATER MASS; WATER PARCEL;

DIFFUSION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STREAM FLOW; VENTILATION;

MIXING;

ABYSSAL CIRCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSIVITY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MIXED LAYER; MIXING; OCEAN BASIN; OVERTURN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; THERMOCLINE; UPWELLING; WATER MASS;

EID: 74049101162     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4110.1     Document Type: Article

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