A Comparison of Mesoscale Eddy Heat Fluxes from Observations and a High-Resolution Ocean Model Simulation of the Kuroshio Extension

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2563-2570

  Bishop, Stuart P ^a   Bryan, Frank O ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; DYNAMICAL MECHANISMS; EDDY HEAT TRANSPORT; ENERGY CONVERSION RATES; HIGH-RESOLUTION OCEAN MODEL; PARALLEL OCEAN PROGRAMS; PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

ENERGY CONVERSION; ESTIMATION; OCEAN CURRENTS;

HEAT FLUX;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MESOSCALE EDDY; MIXING;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84891590531     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-0150.1     Document Type: Article

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