On the fluctuating buoyancy fluxes simulated in a 1/ 10 ° OGCM

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1270-1287

  Li, Hongmei ^a   Von Storch, Jin Song ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC PROPERTIES; CORRELATION LENGTH SCALE; FLUCTUATION INTENSITY; MESOSCALE EDDY ACTIVITY; MIDLATITUDE OCEAN; NEAR-INERTIAL WAVES; STOCHASTIC CLIMATE MODELS; TROPICAL INSTABILITY WAVES;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BUOYANCY;

BUOYANCY; CIRCULATION MODELING; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84881288804     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-080.1     Document Type: Article

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