A model of the thermal bar circulation in a long basin

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue 3336, 1998, Pages 12807-12821

  Gbah, Messon B ^a   Jacobs, Stanley J ^a,b   Meadows, Guy A ^a   Bratkovich, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Great Lakes Environmental Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKE; MIXING; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032525956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jc00581     Document Type: Article

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