Diapycnal flow through a tidal front: A dye tracer study on Georges Bank

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 31-46

  Houghton, Robert W ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Diapycnal flow; Dye tracer; Tidal front

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DISPERSIONS; HEAT FLUX; TIDES;

DIFFUSIVITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DYE TRACER; FLOW; FRONT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037112188     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(02)00194-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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