Heat and buoyancy budgets and mixing rates in the upper thermocline of the Indian and Global Oceans

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1961-1978

  Zhang, Huai Min ^a,b   Talley, Lynne D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DIFFUSIVITY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HEAT BUDGET; MIXING; THERMOCLINE; UPPER OCEAN;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 11744281415     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<1961:HABBAM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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