Topographic enhancement of Eddy efficiency in baroclinic equilibration

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2107-2126

  Abernathey, Ryan ^a   Cessi, Paola ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroclinic flows; Circulation Dynamics; Geographic location entity; Mesoscale processes; Orographic effects; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; STREAM FLOW; TOPOGRAPHY;

BAROCLINIC FLOWS; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; MESOSCALE PROCESS; OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

HEAT FLUX;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; BUOYANCY; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; EDDY; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MESOSCALE MOTION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; POTENTIAL ENERGY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; STANDING WAVE; STRATIFICATION; THERMOCLINE; TOPOGRAPHY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84905659641     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-14-0014.1     Document Type: Article

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