Vertical mixing and cabbeling in layered models

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1458-1480

  Mcdougall, Trevor J ^a   Dewar, William K ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTRAINMENT; MODELING; TRANSPORT PROCESS; VERTICAL MIXING;

EID: 0032424994     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<1458:VMACIL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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