Boundary mixing and topographic blocking on the mid-Atlantic ridge in the south Atlantic

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 848-862

  Thurnherr, A M ^a   Speer, K G ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

BOUNDARY MIXING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; MIXING; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141861006     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)33<848:BMATBO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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