Open-ocean deep convection due to thermobaricity 1. Scaling argument

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C3, 1999, Pages 5225-5234

  Akitomo, Kazunori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; OCEANIC CONVECTION; P-T CONDITIONS;

EID: 0033559151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jc900058     Document Type: Article

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