On the sensitivity of thermocline depth and meridional heat transport to vertical diffusivity in OGCMs

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1480-1494

  Hu, Dingming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSPORT; MIXED LAYER DEPTH; OGCM; VERTICAL DIFFUSIVITY;

EID: 0030423493     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<1480:OTSOTD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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