The vertical structure of turbulent dissipation in shelf seas

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1579-1590

  Simpson, John H ^a   Crawford, William R ^b   Rippeth, Tom P ^a   Campbell, Andrew R ^a   Cheok, Joseph V S ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLUMNS; TIDAL WATERS; TURBULENCE;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; SHELF SEAS; TURBULENT MIXING; VERTICAL STRUCTURE;

IRISH SEA;

EID: 0030434870     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<1579:TVSOTD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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