Inversion of upper ocean temperature time series for entrainment, advection, and diffusivity

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 201-214

  Ostrovskii, Alexander G ^a,d   Piterbarg, Leonid I ^b,c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d Japan Marine Sci & Technol Ctr   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTRAINMENT; HEAT TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TIME SERIES; UPPER OCEAN;

EID: 0034002884     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<0201:IOUOTT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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