Mixed layer lateral eddy fluxes mediated by air-sea interaction

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 130-144

  Shuckburgh, Emily ^a   Maze, Guillaume ^b   Ferreira, David ^c   Marshall, John ^c   Jones, Helen ^c   Hill, Chris ^c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre Bretagne   (France)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddies; Fluxes; Mixed layer

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA FLUX; AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; AIR-SEA HEAT FLUX; ALTIMETRIC OBSERVATIONS; ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; DIFFUSIVITIES; DISSOLVED GAS; EDDIES; EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; EDDY FLUXES; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITIES; MIXED LAYER; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEA SURFACES; SMALL-SCALE MIXING; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SURFACE DAMPING; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE VARIANCE; TIME-SCALES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHLOROPHYLL; DAMPING; HEAT FLUX; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

DIFFUSION;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DAMPING; DIFFUSIVITY; EDDY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HEAT FLUX; MIXED LAYER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE FLUX; TRACER;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 79951604788     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4429.1     Document Type: Article

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