Direct measurements of diapycnal mixing in a fjord reach - Puget Sound's Main Basin

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 539-558

  Mickett, J B ^a   Gregg, M C ^a   Seim, H E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Density intrusion; Diapycnal diffusivity; Fjord basins; Internal tide; Mixing; Puget Sound; Shear instability; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSIVITY; FJORD; INTERNAL TIDE; TURBULENT MIXING;

NORTH AMERICA; PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 1642297501     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2003.10.009     Document Type: Article

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