Towards Eddy-Resolving Models of the Arctic Ocean

Ocean Modeling in an Eddying Regime

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 241-264

  Maslowski, Wieslaw ^a   Kinney, Jaclyn Clement ^a   Marble, Douglas C ^b   Jakacki, Jaromir ^c  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ocean circulation Mathematical models; Oceanography Mathematical models

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RESOLUTION; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REGIONAL PLANNING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS;

EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; MODEL VALIDATION; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; OCEAN CIRCULATION; REGIONAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 84952670491     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/177GM16     Document Type: Chapter

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