Estimates of power consumed by mixing in the ocean interior

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 4877-4890

  St Laurent, Louis ^a   Simmons, Harper ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ESTIMATION; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE;

GLOBAL CIRCULATION; OCEAN INTERIOR; OCEANIC TURBULENCE DIFFUSIVITIES; THERMOCLINE DIFFUSIVITY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DIFFUSIVITY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MIXING; POWER; SEAFLOOR; THERMOCLINE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WATER MASS;

EID: 33750250309     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3887.1     Document Type: Article

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