Vertical eddy mixing in the tropical upper ocean: Its influence on zonal currents

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1447-1458

  Yu, Zuojun ^a,d   Schopf, Paul S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELLING; EQUATORIAL CIRCULATION; TURBULENT MIXING; UPPER OCEAN; ZONAL CURRENTS;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL EAST);

EID: 0031437141     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<1447:VEMITT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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