The role of diapycnal mixing for the equilibrium response of thermohaline circulation

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-65

  Mohammad, Rezwan ^a   Nilsson, Johan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Numerical modeling; Scale theory; Stability; Thermohaline circulation; Vertical mixing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; HEAT FLUX; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; THERMOANALYSIS;

DIAPYCNAL MIXING; SCALE THEORY; STABILITY VERTICAL MIXING; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

MIXING;

EID: 4944226723     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-003-0065-4     Document Type: Article

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