A simple parameterization of turbulent tidal mixing near supercritical topography

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2059-2074

  Klymak, Jody M ^a   Legg, Sonya ^b   Pinkel, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixing; Parameterization; Tides; Topographic effects; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

CORIOLIS; GAUSSIANS; HIGH MODES; HYDRAULIC EFFECT; IDEALIZED MODELS; INTERNAL TIDES; INTERNAL WAVES; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; NUMERICAL MODELS; PHASE SPEED; SUPER-CRITICAL; TIDAL DISSIPATION; TIDAL FLOW; TIDAL MIXING; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS; WATER COLUMNS; WAVE-WAVE INTERACTIONS;

TIDES; TOPOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE;

PARAMETERIZATION;

CORIOLIS FORCE; INTERNAL TIDE; MIXING; PARAMETERIZATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TURBULENCE; WAVE-WAVE INTERACTION;

EID: 78049256385     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4396.1     Document Type: Article

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