On the development of thermohaline correlations as a result of nonlinear diffusive parameterizations

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1069-1101

  Ferrari, Raffaele ^a,b   Young, W R ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY STRUCTURE; DIFFUSIVITY; MIXING PROCESSES; THERMOHALINE FIELD;

EID: 0031463137     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/0022240973224094     Document Type: Article

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