Timescales and dynamics of the formation of a thermocline

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 21-40

  Boccaletti, Giulio ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ocean circulation; Ocean waves; Thermocline; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; TROPICS;

DIFFUSIVE PROCESSES; HEAT BUDGET; KELVIN WAVES; TIMESCALES;

TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; HEAT FLUX; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; THERMOCLINE;

PHILANDER;

EID: 17544371434     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2004.10.010     Document Type: Article

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