Quantifying vertical fluxes from turbulence in the ocean

Oceanography

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 111-115

  Moum, J N ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0345348227     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.1997.02     Document Type: Article

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