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Parameterization of Processes in Deep Convection Regimes

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Convection to large depth is the generation mechanism for the deep water masses circulating in the world ocean, and the few known sites of deep convection can thus be regarded as the sources for the lower branch of the thermohaline circulation. Convection activity therefore has an essential influence on the water mass properties and their volumes, and possibly also on the forcing of the circulation. For this reason we seek to understand the processes and consequences of deep convection and to correctly represent them in numerical circulation models.

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    Uwe Send & Rolf H. Käse

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Send, U., Käse, R.H. (1998). Parameterization of Processes in Deep Convection Regimes. In: Chassignet, E.P., Verron, J. (eds) Ocean Modeling and Parameterization. NATO Science Series, vol 516. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5096-5_8

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