Eddy parameterization challenge suite I: Eady spindown

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 12-28

  Bachman, S ^a   Fox Kemper, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Advective; Baroclinic instability; Diffusive; Eady; Eddies; Gent McWilliams; Mesoscale; Parameterization; Redi; Scaling; Spin down; Transport tensor

Indexed keywords

ADVECTIVE; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; DIFFUSIVE; EADY; EDDIES; GENT-MCWILLIAMS; MESOSCALE; REDI; SCALING; SPIN-DOWN;

PARAMETERIZATION; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

TENSORS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; CIRCULATION MODELING; EDDY; HYDROSTATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 84873671570     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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