A global map of meso-scale eddy diffusivities based on linear stability analysis

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 72, Issue , 2013, Pages 198-209

  Vollmer, Lukas ^a   Eden, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Isopycnal diffusivity; Linear stability analysis; Meso scale eddy parameterisation

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; EDDY-PERMITTING MODEL; LINEAR STABILITY THEORY; MESOSCALE EDDY; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; VORTICITY GRADIENTS; WESTERN BOUNDARY; WESTWARD CURRENT;

KINETICS; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

DIFFUSION;

BAROCLINIC WAVE; DIFFUSIVITY; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; KINETIC ENERGY; MESOSCALE EDDY; SATELLITE DATA; STABILITY ANALYSIS; VORTICITY;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84886615579     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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