Toward a Physical Understanding of the North Atlantic: A Review of Model Studies in an Eddying Regime

Ocean Modeling in an Eddying Regime

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 213-239

  Hecht, Matthew W ^a   Smith, Richard D ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ocean circulation Mathematical models; Oceanography Mathematical models

Indexed keywords

KINETICS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; MODEL CONFIGURATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN CIRCULATION; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; PROMINENT FEATURES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE;

KINETIC ENERGY;

EID: 84952652187     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/177GM15     Document Type: Chapter

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