Examination of the mixed layer deepening process during convection using LES

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2189-2195

  Noh, Yign ^a   Goh, Gahyun ^a   Raasch, Siegfried ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convection; Large eddy simulations; Mixed layer

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; EXTRATROPICAL OCEAN; INERTIAL OSCILLATION; K-PROFILE PARAMETERIZATION; MIXED LAYER; MIXED LAYER DEEPENING; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; MIXED-LAYER MODELS; OCEAN MIXED LAYERS; RICHARDSON NUMBER; STRESS DECREASE;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

CIRCULATION MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CONVECTION; OSCILLATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PREDICTION; RICHARDSON NUMBER; WATER MASS; WIND STRESS;

EID: 78049269042     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4277.1     Document Type: Article

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