Stirring by small-scale vortices caused by patchy mixing

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1245-1262

  Sundermeyer, Miles A ^a   Ledwell, James R ^b   Oakey, Neil S ^c   Greenan, Blair J W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW; WATER WAVES;

EFFECTIVE LATERAL DIFFUSIVITY; EPISODIC MIXING; PATCHY MIXING; STRATIFIED WATERS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DISPERSION; STRATIFICATION; VORTICITY;

EID: 24944508509     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2713.1     Document Type: Article

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