On the wind power input to the ocean general circulation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1357-1365

  Zhai, Xiaoming ^a   Johnson, Helen L ^a   Marshall, David P ^a   Wunsch, Carl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Forcing; Large scale motions; Ocean models; Wind stress

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; FORCING; GENERAL CIRCULATION; GULF STREAM; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; KUROSHIO EXTENSION; LARGE-SCALE MOTIONS; OCEAN MODEL; OCEAN SURFACES; POWER INPUT; SOUTHERN OCEAN; STRESS CALCULATIONS; TIME-AVERAGED; WIND POWER INPUT;

OCEAN CURRENTS; WIND STRESS;

WIND POWER;

ATMOSPHERE-HYDROSPHERE INTERACTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; STORM TRACK; WIND POWER; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM; KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84868087729     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-09.1     Document Type: Article

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