Direct measurements of dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy of North Pacific subtropical mode water

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Mori, Kosuke ^a   Uehara, Kazuyuki ^b   Kameda, Takahiko ^a   Kakehi, Shigeho ^c  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENCE; VORTICITY;

EDDY DIFFUSIVITY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SUBTROPICAL MODE WATER;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DIFFUSIVITY; DISSIPATION; EDDY; KINETIC ENERGY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SEAWATER; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTICITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 43549105894     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032867     Document Type: Article

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