Numerical experiments on double-diffusive intrusions in the ocean and their relation to laboratory experiments

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 549-557

  Yoshida, J ^a   Nagashima, H ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; SALTS; THERMAL DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS;

DOUBLE-DIFFUSION EFFECTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DOUBLE DIFFUSION; NUMERICAL METHOD; SALINE INTRUSION;

EID: 0037646612     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(03)00030-2     Document Type: Review

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