The leaky thermocline

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1648-1662

  Radko, Timour ^a   Marshall, John ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; EDDY CURRENTS; INCLUSIONS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

EDDY TRANSFER; VOLUME FLUX;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EDDY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; GYRE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; THERMOCLINE;

EID: 4043130790     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<1648:TLT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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