A tethered free-fall glider to measure ocean turbulence

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 11 PART 1, 1999, Pages 1545-1555

  Greenan, B J W ^a   Oakey, N S ^a,b  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; OCEANOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; PROFILER; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0033494469     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<1545:atffgt>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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