Patterns of shear and turbulence across the Florida Current

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3269-3285

  Winkel, David P ^a   Gregg, Michael C ^a   Sanford, Thomas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DIFFUSION; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE;

MULTISCALE PROFILERS (MSP);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

COASTAL CURRENT; INTERNAL WAVE; STRAIT; TURBULENT MIXING;

FLORIDA SHELF; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036880182     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<3269:POSATA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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