Regimes of thermocline scaling: The interaction of wind stress and surface buoyancy

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2009-2021

  Cessi, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WIND STRESS;

BAROCLINIC EDDIES; EDDY GENERATION; EKMAN PUMPING; MECHANICAL FORCING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BUOYANCY; EDDY; EKMAN PUMPING; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; THERMOCLINE; WIND STRESS;

EID: 34848829485     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3103.1     Document Type: Article

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