An eddifying Parsons model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3216-3227

  Fox Kemper, Baylor ^a   Ferrari, Raffaele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIABATIC FORCING; EDDY FLUXES; EDDY MIXING; LAYER FLOW; MASS TRANSPORT; MODEL SENSITIVITY; MODEL-BASED; PARSONS MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; STEADY SOLUTION; WEIGHTED MEAN;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CIRCULATION MODELING; DIABATIC PROCESS; EDDY; GYRE; MASS TRANSFER; MIXING; ROSSBY WAVE; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 77952469484     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4104.1     Document Type: Article

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