Rapid changes in mixed layer stratification driven by submesoscale instabilities and winds

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Mahadevan, A ^a   Tandon, A ^b   Ferrari, R ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; DOWN-FRONT WINDS; EKMAN FLOW; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL MODELS; RAPID CHANGES; RESTRATIFICATION; STREAMFUNCTIONS; SUB-MESOSCALE EDDIES; TIME-SCALES; UPPER OCEAN;

BUOYANCY;

ADVECTION; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BUOYANCY; EKMAN LAYER; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; MESOSCALE EDDY; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERTURN; PARAMETERIZATION; SLUMPING; STRATIFICATION; TIMESCALE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND STRESS;

EID: 77953569990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC005203     Document Type: Article

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