The vertical structure of eddy heat transport simulated by an eddy-resolving OGCM

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 340-353

  Yim, Bo Young ^a   Noh, Yign ^a   Qiu, Bo ^b   You, Sung Hyup ^c   Yoon, Jong Hwan ^d  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Meteorological Research Institute   (South Korea)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MEAN; EDDY HEAT TRANSPORT; EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; EDDY STRUCTURES; EFFECTIVE DEPTH; EXTRATROPICAL OCEAN; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; MESOSCALE EDDY; MIXED LAYER; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; NORTH PACIFIC; OBSERVATION DATA; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; SEASONAL THERMOCLINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION RESULT; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; SURFACE FORCING; VELOCITY FIELD; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

HEAT TRANSFER; OCEANOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDDY; HEAT TRANSFER; KINETIC ENERGY; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMOCLINE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 77953335163     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4243.1     Document Type: Article

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