Role of convection in winter mixed layer formation in the Gulf of Maine, February 1987

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Mupparapu, Prashant ^a   Brown, Wendell S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal deep water interactions; Convective plumes; Convective rolls; Marine boundary layer evolution; Ocean mixed layer modeling; Water mass formation

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; MIXED LAYER; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

EID: 20244370694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc000116     Document Type: Article

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