Compensation of horizontal temperature and salinity gradients in the ocean mixed layer

Science

Volumn 283, Issue 5401, 1999, Pages 526-529

  Rudnick, Daniel L ^a   Ferrari, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

DENSITY; MIXED LAYER; SALINITY;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; DENSITY GRADIENT; GEOGRAPHY; GRAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEA; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033593648     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.283.5401.526     Document Type: Article

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32. We thank Lloyd Regier, Lyn Harris, and John Paoli for their efforts in support of the observational program. Thanks are due to Bill Young for inspiring discussions. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the National Science Foundation under grant OCE95-29752.