Laboratory studies of thermally and/or salinity driven flows with partial mixing. 1. Stommel transitions and multiple flow states

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Whitehead, J A ^a   Timmermans, M L E ^b   Lawson, W Gregory ^c   Bulgakov, Sergey N ^d   Martinez Zatarain, Alejandro ^d   Almaguer Medina, Jaime F ^d   Salzig, John ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DRIVEN FLOW; LABORATORY; MIXING; SALINITY; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE; TURBULENT DIFFUSION; WATER COLUMN;

DENSITY CURRENT; LABORATORY METHOD; SALINITY; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE; TURBULENT MIXING; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 0037932748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc000902     Document Type: Article

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