Mixing and entrainment in the Red Sea outflow plume. Part II: Turbulence characteristics

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 584-600

  Peters, Hartmut ^a   Johns, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; MANGANESE NODULES; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTIMIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER MEASURMENTS; FROUDE NUMBER; INTERFACIAL STRESSES; RED SEA OUTFLOW PLUME;

TURBULENCE;

ENTRAINMENT; MIXING; OCEANIC CURRENT; TURBULENCE;

ARABIAN SEA; GULF OF ADEN; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; WORLD;

EID: 21844445066     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2689.1     Document Type: Article

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