Vertical heat-flux measurements from a neutrally buoyant float

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 984-1001

  Sun, Haili ^a   Kunze, Eric ^a   Williams III, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; NEUTRALLY BUOYANT FLOAT; THERMOCLINE; VERTICAL FLUX; WARM-CORE RING;

EID: 0029946398     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<0984:VHFMFA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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