Open AccessOn Conservation Equations in Oceanography: How Accurate Are Boussinesq Ocean Models?
Author(s) -
Trevor J. McDougall,
Richard John Greatbatch,
Youyu Lu
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of physical oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.706
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1520-0485
pISSN - 0022-3670
DOI - 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<1574:oceioh>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - boussinesq approximation (buoyancy) , advection , eulerian path , ocean dynamics , conservation of mass , momentum (technical analysis) , mixing (physics) , physics , flux (metallurgy) , geology , meteorology , mechanics , ocean current , mathematics , mathematical analysis , climatology , lagrangian , convection , natural convection , finance , quantum mechanics , rayleigh number , economics , thermodynamics , materials science , metallurgy