Interpreting eddy fluxes

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1282-1296

  Eden, Carsten ^a   Greatbatch, Richard J ^b   Olbers, Dirk ^c  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; BUOYANCY; STATISTICAL METHODS; STEADY FLOW;

EDDY FLUXES; STATISTICAL DENSITY MOMENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BUOYANCY; EDDY COVARIANCE; EULER FLOW; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEADY FLOW; TRANSFORM; WATER MASS;

EID: 34247545446     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3050.1     Document Type: Article

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