Driving forces of interleaving in the baroclinic front at the equator

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2501-2519

  Kuzmina, Natalia ^a   Lee, Jae Hak ^b  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; SALINE WATER; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

BAROCLINITY; EQUATORIAL UNDERCURRENT (EUC) REGIONS; OCEAN CLIMATE; THERMOCLINE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BAROCLINIC MODE; OCEANIC FRONT;

EID: 31944444403     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2828.1     Document Type: Article

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