Mixing in the ocean produced by tropical cyclones

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 342-355

  Nilsson, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIXED-LAYER MODEL; MIXING PROCESSES; SST; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

ATLANTIC;

EID: 0029775947     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v48i2.12064     Document Type: Article

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