The upper-ocean response to surface heating

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 466-480

  Lee, Craig M ^a,c   Rudnick, Daniel L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FASINEX; HEAT TRANSFER; LOTUS; MIXING; OCEAN STUDY; SURFACE HEATING; UPPER OCEAN; VERTICAL MIXING;

EID: 0029910462     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<0466:TUORTS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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