The contribution of salt fingers to vertical mixing in the North Atlantic Tracer Release Experiment

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1404-1424

  Laurent, Louis S T ^a   Schmitt, Raymond W ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE DIFFUSION; FINGERING; SALINITY; VERTICAL MIXING;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0342980934     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<1404:tcosft>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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