The dissipation of fluctuating tracer variances

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2064-2074

  De Szoeke, Roland A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DISSIPATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; TRACER;

EID: 0032987709     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<2064:TDOFTV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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