Shear and Richardson number in a mode-water eddy

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 10-13, 2008, Pages 1161-1178

  Greenan, Blair J W ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eddies; Ocean mixing; Sargasso sea; Shear

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; EDDY CURRENTS; MOORING; NUTRIENTS;

NUTRIENT FLUX; OCEAN MIXING; SARGASSO SEA; SHEAR INTENSITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DIFFUSIVITY; EDDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MIXING; MOORING SYSTEM; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SURVEY; TRACER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SARGASSO SEA;

EID: 44749083425     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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