Lateral transport in the ocean interior

International Geophysics

Volumn 103, Issue , 2013, Pages 185-209

  Fox Kemper, B ^a   Lumpkin, R ^b   Bryan, F O ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Advection; Diffusion; Eddies; General circulation; Parameterization; Transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886381371     PISSN: 00746142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-391851-2.00008-8     Document Type: Chapter

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