The relative influence of diapycnal mixing and hydrologic forcing on the stability of the thermohaline circulation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1096-1108

  Zhang, Jubao ^a,b   Schmitt, Raymond W ^c   Huang, Rui Xin ^c  

^a The NorthBridge Group   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MIXING; STABILITY ANALYSIS; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 0032742233     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<1096:TRIODM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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