Multiscale models for synoptic-mesoscale interactions in the ocean

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 58, Issue , 2012, Pages 95-107

  Grooms, Ian ^a   Shafer Smith, K ^a   Majda, Andrew J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddy flux; Geostrophic flow; Modelling; Oceanic eddies

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND DENSITY; BAROCLINIC; BAROTROPIC; BUOYANCY FLUXES; COUPLED MODELS; DENSITY GRADIENTS; EDDY FLUXES; EDDY MOMENTUM; EDDY MOMENTUM FLUX; ENERGY BUDGETS; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HIGHER LATITUDES; INTERNAL DEFORMATION; LARGE AMPLITUDE; MESOSCALE; MIDLATITUDES; MULTI SCALE ANALYSIS; MULTISCALE MODELS; OCEANIC EDDIES; PLANETARY SCALE; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC; QUASIGEOSTROPHIC EQUATIONS; TIME-SCALES;

ASTROPHYSICS; DEFORMATION; MODELS; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

DYNAMICS;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; BUOYANCY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; LATITUDE; MESOSCALE EDDY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84867435247     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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