Diagnosing water mass formation from air-sea fluxes and surface mixing

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1468-1487

  Nurser, A J G ^a   Marsh, Robert ^b   Williams, Richard G ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; FORMATION MECHANISM; MIXING; SEA SURFACE; SURFACE FLUX; WATER MASS;

EID: 0033457387     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<1468:DWMFFA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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