Stochastic superparameterization in a quasigeostrophic model of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-15

  Grooms, Ian ^a   Majda, Andrew J ^a,b   Smith, K Shafer ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Mesoscale parameterization; Southern ocean; Stochastic parameterization; Superparameterization

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; ENTROPY; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PARAMETERIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; GENT-MCWILLIAMS PARAMETERIZATION; MESOSCALE; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC MODEL; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SUPERPARAMETERIZATION; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

MESOSCALE EDDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84911920564     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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