Velocity shear and vertical mixing in the Ekman layer in the presence of a horizontal density gradient

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1245-1257

  Broström, Göran ^a   Rodhe, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL DENSITY GRADIENT; SURFACE EKMAN LAYER; VELOCITY SHEAR; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 0029730359     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0278-4343(95)00064-X     Document Type: Article

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