Baroclinic frontal instabilities and turbulent mixing in the surface boundary layer. Part I: Unforced simulations

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1701-1716

  Skyllingstad, Eric D ^a   Samelson, R M ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroclinic flows; Fronts; Large eddy simulations; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND LEVEL; BAROCLINIC; BAROCLINIC EDDY; BAROCLINIC FLOWS; BAROCLINIC WAVES; COMPUTATIONAL GRIDS; EDDY FLUXES; FLOW EVOLUTION; FRONTAL ZONES; FRONTS; GEOSTROPHIC BALANCE; MIXED LAYER; MODEL DOMAINS; SMALL SCALE TURBULENCE; SURFACE BOUNDARY-LAYER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL TURBULENCE; TURBULENT DISSIPATION; TURBULENT HEAT FLUXES; TURBULENT MIXING;

ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAT FLUX; KINETICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXING; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

SHOCK TUBES;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BAROCLINIC MOTION; BAROCLINIC WAVE; BOUNDARY LAYER; FRONT; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HEAT FLUX; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXED LAYER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT MIXING;

EID: 84871851870     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-10-05016.1     Document Type: Article

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