Effects of noise on Thorpe scales and run lengths

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2359-2372

  Johnson, Helen L ^a   Garrett, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MIXING; NOISE ABATEMENT; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

CTD DATA; SPATIAL COVERAGE; THORPE SCALES; WATER COLUMNS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DENSITY; NOISE; OVERTURN; TURBULENT MIXING;

EID: 11844262609     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2641.1     Document Type: Article

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