Mesoscale eddy buoyancy flux and eddy-induced circulation in eastern boundary currents

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1073-1095

  Colas, François ^a   Capet, Xavier ^b   Mcwilliams, James C ^a   Li, Zhijin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; DYNAMICAL INTERPRETATION; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; EDDY GENERATION PROCESS; EQUILIBRIUM SIMULATIONS; PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; VERTICAL STRATIFICATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BUOYANCY;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BUOYANCY; DIFFUSIVITY; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; EQUILIBRIUM; MESOSCALE EDDY; PARAMETERIZATION; UPPER OCEAN; UPWELLING;

CALIFORNIA; CHILE; PERU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873666638     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-0241.1     Document Type: Article

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