Sheared turbulence in a weakly stratified upper ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 387-407

  Lozovatsky, I D ^a,c   Roget, E ^b   Fernando, H J S ^a   Figueroa, M ^b,d   Shapovalov, S ^c  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Diffusivity; Dissipation; Mixing parameterization; Modeling; Turbulence; Upper ocean

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DIFFUSION; FUNCTIONS; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE;

DISSIPATION; UPPER OCEAN;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

DIFFUSIVITY; DISSIPATION; MIXING; PARAMETERIZATION; SHEAR FLOW; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE; UPPER OCEAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 31844432246     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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