Quantifying mesoscale variability in ocean transient tracer fields

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C7, 2001, Pages 13861-13878

  Haine, Thomas W N ^a,c   Gray, Suzanne L ^b,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Meteorology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; MESOSCALE MOTION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; TRACER;

EID: 0034873224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc000036     Document Type: Article

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