Evaluations of threshold and curvature mixed layer depths by various mixing schemes in the Mediterranean Sea

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 166-184

  Kara, A Birol ^a   Helber, Robert W ^a   Wallcraft, Alan J ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mediterranean Sea; Mixed layer depth; Ocean mixing model

Indexed keywords

BIAS ERROR; BULK MIXING; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SOURCE; HIGHER ORDER; HYBRID COORDINATE OCEAN MODELS; IN-SITU TEMPERATURE; MEAN BIAS ERRORS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; MIXING MODELS; OCEAN MIXING; PREDICTIVE ABILITIES; PROFILE OBSERVATIONS; RMS ERRORS; SECOND ORDERS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TURBULENT CLOSURES; TURBULENT MIXING MODEL; TURBULENT PROCESS; UPPER OCEAN;

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; OCEANOGRAPHY; RECREATIONAL FACILITIES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

MIXING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MIXED LAYER; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SAMPLING BIAS; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THRESHOLD; TURBULENT MIXING; UPPER OCEAN;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77954217430     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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