Stratified convection with multiple states

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 109-121

  Whitehead, J A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixing; Ocean circulation; Ocean convection; Salt balance; Water circulation; Water masses

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042687933     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1463-5003(00)00012-3     Document Type: Article

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