Shear, strain, and Richardson number variations in the thermocline. Part I: Statistical description

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 264-290

  Pinkel, Robert ^a   Anderson, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RICHARDSON NUMBER; SHEAR; STRAIN; THERMOCLINE;

EID: 0030862724     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<0264:ssarnv>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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