Comparisons of localized convection due to localized forcing and to preconditioning

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-68

  Straneo, Fiammetta ^a   Kawase, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; DEEP WATER; OCEANIC CONVECTION; OVERTURN; BUOYANCY;

EID: 0032599812     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<0055:COLCDT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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