Application of wave-induced vertical mixing to the K profile parameterization scheme

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Wang, Yonggang ^a   Qiao, Fangli ^a   Fang, Guohong ^a   Wei, Zexun ^a  

^a FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

K-PROFILE PARAMETERIZATION; MIXED-LAYER DEPTHS; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; ROOT MEAN SQUARES; SEASONAL CYCLE; SIMULATION RESULT; STATISTIC ANALYSIS; TEST CASE; UPPER LAYER; VERTICAL MIXING; WEIGHTING COEFFICIENT;

MIXING;

CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL OCEAN; MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WAVE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; VERTICAL MIXING; WAVE ACTION;

EID: 77957569775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005856     Document Type: Article

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