Does the nonlinearity of the equation of state impose an upper bound on the buoyancy frequency?

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 745-764

  McDougall, Trevor J ^a   Church, John A ^a,b   Jackett, David R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; EQUATION OF STATE; MIXING; NONLINEARITY; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 2442424427     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224003322981138     Document Type: Article

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