Global variability of the wavenumber spectrum of oceanic mesoscale turbulence

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 802-809

  Xu, Yongsheng ^a   Fu, Lee Lueng ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesoscale processes; Ocean dynamics; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CORE REGION; GLOBAL VARIABILITY; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE PROCESS; NEW THEORY; OCEAN DYNAMICS; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC; SATELLITE ALTIMETER; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TURBULENCE THEORY; UNIVERSAL THEORY; WAVENUMBER SPECTRA;

ASTROPHYSICS; EQUIPMENT TESTING; OCEANOGRAPHY;

TURBULENCE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; EDDY; FRONTOGENESIS; MESOSCALE MOTION; OCEAN WAVE; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TURBULENCE; WAVE SPECTRUM;

EID: 79958729103     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4558.1     Document Type: Article

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