Jet formation and evolution in baroclinic turbulence with simple topography

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 257-278

  Thompson, Andrew F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BAROTROPIC; DOUBLY PERIODIC; DYNAMIC NATURE; EDDY MIXING; HIGH-RESOLUTION OCEAN MODEL; JET FORMATION; JET STRUCTURE; LENGTH SCALE; MEAN FLOW; MERIDIONAL TRANSPORT; MULTIPLE JETS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PERIODIC OSCILLATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY GRADIENTS; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC MODEL; REYNOLDS STRESS; RHINES SCALE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SINGLE JET; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SPONTANEOUS FORMATION; STEADY JET; TIME EVOLUTIONS; TOPOGRAPHICAL FEATURES; TWO LAYERS; TWO-REGIME; VELOCITY SCALE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MERGING; OCEANOGRAPHY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TOPOGRAPHY; VORTICITY;

PERIODIC STRUCTURES;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; EDDY; JET FLOW; KINETIC ENERGY; MIXING; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SHEAR FLOW; TOPOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 77953257110     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4218.1     Document Type: Article

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