A laboratory model of thermocline depth and exchange fluxes across circumpolar fronts

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 656-667

  Cenedese, Claudia ^a   Marshall, John ^b   Whitehead, J A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

CORIOLIS PARAMETERS; EXCHANGE FLUX;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; THERMOCLINE; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER EXCHANGE;

EID: 0442293543     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2508.1     Document Type: Article

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