Shallow, brine-driven free convection in polar oceans: Nonhydrostatic numerical process studies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C3, 1998, Pages 5577-5593

  Kämpf, Jochen ^a   Backhaus, Jan O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; POLAR OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031778247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jc02680     Document Type: Article

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