Estimating tidally driven mixing in the deep ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 23, 2002, Pages

  St Laurent, L C ^a   Simmons, H L ^b   Jayne, S R ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXING; TIDAL POWER; TIDES; TURBULENCE; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; INTERNAL WAVE ENERGY FLUX; MICROSTRUCTURE OBSERVATION; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; STANDARD ERRORS; TURBULENT MIXING; VERTICAL MIXING;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036945962     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015633     Document Type: Article

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