An eddy closure for potential vorticity

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 125-134

  Ringler, Todd ^a   Gent, Peter ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddy closure; Potential vorticity

Indexed keywords

BOLUS VELOCITY; EDDY-CLOSURE; ERTEL POTENTIAL VORTICITY; FUNCTIONAL FORMS; JET STRUCTURE; KELVIN'S CIRCULATION THEOREM; MEAN VELOCITIES; MESOSCALE EDDY; MOMENTUM EQUATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES; PASSIVE TRACERS; POTENTIAL FUNCTION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY DYNAMICS; REFERENCE SOLUTION; RELATIVE VORTICITY; TIME DERIVATIVE; TOTAL ENERGY; VELOCITY FIELD; VISCOUS STRESS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW;

VORTICITY;

EDDY; EQUATION; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

EID: 79960201939     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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