On the ocean's large-scale circulation near the limit of no vertical mixing

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1832-1852

  Toggweiler, J R ^a   Samuels, B ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OVERTURN; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 0032449924     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<1832:OTOSLS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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