Probability distribution of the Thorpe displacement within overturns in Juan de Fuca Strait

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3421-3434

  Stansfield, Kate ^a   Garrett, Chris ^a   Dewey, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); KINEMATICS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SENSORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

THORPE DISPLACEMENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DISPLACEMENT; OVERTURN; VERTICAL MIXING;

JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT;

EID: 0035711947     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2001)031<3421:TPDOTT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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