Convective mixing and the thermohaline circulation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2962-2970

  Marotzke, Jochem ^a   Scott, Jeffery R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MIXING; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 0033500293     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<2962:CMATTC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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