Reconciling thermodynamic and dynamic methods of computation of water-mass transformation rates

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 545-572

  Marshall, John ^a   Jamous, Daniel ^a   Nilsson, Johan ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSFORMATION; WATER MASS;

EID: 0033120099     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(98)00082-X     Document Type: Article

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