Maintenance of the mean kinetic energy in the global ocean by the barotropic and baroclinic energy routes: The roles of JEBAR and Ekman dynamics

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 675-700

  Aiki, Hidenori ^a,b   Richards, Kelvin J ^a   Sakuma, Hirofumi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Biharmonic friction; Frictional and pressure effects of bottom topography; General circulation; High resolution ocean simulation; JEBAR (joint effect of baroclinicity and bottom relief); Z Coordinate ocean model

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; BI-HARMONIC; FRICTIONAL AND PRESSURE EFFECTS OF BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; GENERAL CIRCULATION; HIGH RESOLUTION; JEBAR (JOINT EFFECT OF BAROCLINICITY AND BOTTOM RELIEF); Z-COORDINATE OCEAN MODEL;

BUDGET CONTROL; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; FRICTION; KINETIC ENERGY; MAINTENANCE; METEOROLOGY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRIBOLOGY;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; BAROTROPIC MODE; BOTTOM FRICTION; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; BUOYANCY; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; EKMAN TRANSPORT; GLOBAL OCEAN; KINETIC ENERGY; MOMENTUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRESSURE EFFECT; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WIND FORCING;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 79957924855     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-011-0382-y     Document Type: Article

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