A new parameterization for entrainment in overflows

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1835-1850

  Cenedese, Claudia ^a   Adduce, Claudia ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boundary currents; Entrainment; Parameterization; Water masses

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CURRENTS; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DATA SETS; DEEP WATER MASS; DEEP WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS; DENSE CURRENTS; DIAPYCNAL DIFFUSIVITY; DIAPYCNAL MIXING; ENTRAINMENT; ENTRAINMENT PROCESS; ENTRAINMENT RATIO; FINAL DENSITY; GLOBAL CIRCULATION; GREENLAND; LONG-PATH; OCEANOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENTS; OPEN OCEAN; PARAMETERIZED; SPECIFIC LOCATION; STREAMTUBE MODEL; WATER MASS; WATER MASSES;

CLIMATE MODELS; LOCATION; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

PARAMETERIZATION;

BOUNDARY CURRENT; CLIMATE MODELING; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENTRAINMENT; FROUDE NUMBER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; PARAMETERIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 78049318950     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4374.1     Document Type: Article

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