Open-ocean convection: Observations, theory, and models

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-64

  Marshall, John ^b   Schott, Friedrich ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; METEOROLOGY; OCEANIC CONVECTION;

EID: 0033006763     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98RG02739     Document Type: Article

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