Mesoscale eddy energy locality in an idealized ocean model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1911-1923

  Grooms, Ian ^a   Nadeau, Louis Philippe ^a   Shafer, Smith K ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN SIMULATION; DOUBLY PERIODIC; ENERGY BUDGETS; LOCAL FUNCTIONS; MESOSCALE EDDY; PERIODIC SIMULATION; QUASIGEOSTROPHIC SIMULATIONS; SPATIAL FILTERS;

BUDGET CONTROL; ENERGY DISSIPATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ENERGY BUDGET; ENERGY FLUX; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; GYRE; MESOSCALE EDDY; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 84884915525     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-036.1     Document Type: Article

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