Convective building of a pycnocline: Laboratory experiments

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 176-190

  Pierce, David W ^a,b   Rhines, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; CONVECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; PYCNOCLINE; THERMOHALINE;

CONVECTION; DENSITY PROFILE; PCYNOCLINE;

EID: 0029656649     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<0176:CBOAPL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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