Setting the scales of the ocean response to isolated convection

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 606-620

  Chapman, David C ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CONVECTION; OCEAN;

CONVECTION; DEEP CONVECTION;

EID: 0031875624     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<0606:STSOTO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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