Mechanical power input from buoyancy and wind to the circulation in an ocean model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Saenz, J A ^a   Hogg, A M ^a   Hughes, G O ^a   Griffiths, R W ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ENERGY BALANCE; FEEDBACK; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLES; POTENTIAL ENERGY; WIND STRESS;

BUOYANCY FLUXES; BUOYANCY FORCES; BUOYANCY FORCING; DRIVING FORCES; GEOSTROPHIC BALANCE; GLOBAL CLIMATOLOGY; MECHANICAL POWER; OCEAN MODEL; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; POWER INPUT; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; SURFACE BUOYANCY FLUX; TIDAL FORCING;

BUOYANCY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BUOYANCY FORCING; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; KINETIC ENERGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NUMERICAL MODEL; WIND FORCING;

EID: 84864049094     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052035     Document Type: Article

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