Enhancement of mesoscale eddy stirring at steering levels in the Southern Ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 170-184

  Abernathey, Ryan ^a   Marshall, John ^a   Mazloff, Matt ^a   Shuckburgh, Emily ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION DIFFUSION EQUATION; ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; BAROCLINIC WAVES; CROSS SECTION; DIFFUSIVITIES; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITIES; ISOPYCNAL SURFACES; MEAN FLOW; MESOSCALE EDDY; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SEA SURFACES; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATE ESTIMATES; VELOCITY FIELD;

ADVECTION; DIFFUSION; OCEAN HABITATS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ADVECTION; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; DIFFUSIVITY; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; MESOSCALE EDDY; OVERTURN; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACER;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 77953268803     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4201.1     Document Type: Article

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