Mixed layer sub-mesoscale parameterization - Part 1: Derivation and assessment

Ocean Science

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 679-693

  Canuto, V M ^a,b   Dubovikov, M S ^a,b  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BUOYANCY; CIRCULATION MODELING; EKMAN TRANSPORT; EQUATION; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; INSTABILITY; MESOSCALE EDDY; MIXED LAYER; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RESOLUTION; TURBULENCE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 80051492332     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-6-679-2010     Document Type: Article

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