The near-surface horizontal buoyancy flux in a highly stratified region, Kattegat

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 405-414

  Rasmussen, B ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Density gradient; Entrainment; Estuary; Kattegat; Mixing; Plumes; Stabilization; Stratification

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY FLUX; MIXING; STRATIFICATION;

KATTEGAT; NORTH SEA;

EID: 0031239296     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0186     Document Type: Article

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