Turbulent mixing in the Red Sea outflow plume from a high-resolution nonhydrostatic model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1846-1869

  Özgökmen, Tamay M ^a   Johns, William E ^a   Peters, Hartmut ^a   Matt, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TURBULENT FLOW;

TURBULENT MIXING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OUTFLOW; TURBULENT MIXING; WATER MASS;

RED SEA;

EID: 17944391065     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2401.1     Document Type: Article

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