Stochastic modelling of unresolved eddy fluxes

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 323-348

  Zidikheri, Meelis J ^a   Frederiksen, Jorgen S ^b  

^a Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eddy; Fluxes; Mesoscale; Ocean; Parameterizations; Stochastic; Subgrid

Indexed keywords

CLOSURE THEORY; COVARIANCE MATRICES; EDDY FLUXES; ENERGY SPECTRA; ENSTROPHY; FLOW REGIMES; HIGH RESOLUTION; MESOSCALE; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; OFF-DIAGONAL ELEMENTS; PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; PARAMETERIZATIONS; QUASIGEOSTROPHIC TURBULENCE; STOCHASTIC FORCING; STOCHASTIC MODELLING; SUB-GRIDS; SUBGRID SCALE; VERTICAL MIXING; WAVE NUMBERS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COVARIANCE MATRIX; DEFORMATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARAMETERIZATION; SPECTROSCOPY; SPHERES; TURBULENCE;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

EDDY; FLUID DYNAMICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; STOCHASTICITY; TURBULENCE;

EID: 77954420585     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091921003694701     Document Type: Article

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