Laboratory observations and simple models of slow oscillations in cooled salt-stratified bodies

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 798-809

  Whitehead, J A ^a   Te Raa, Lianke ^b   Tozuka, Tomoki ^c   Keller, Joseph B ^d   Bradley, Keith ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPTH; LABORATORY METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OSCILLATION; SALINITY; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENT MIXING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33745276525     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2005.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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