A state variable for characterizing water masses and their diffusive stability: Spiciness

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 493-501

  Flament, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Double diffusion; Equation of state; Tracer

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); WATER;

DIFFUSIVE STABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DOUBLE DIFFUSION; WATER MASS;

EID: 0036375156     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(02)00065-4     Document Type: Article

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