Slantwise convection: A candidate for homogenization of deep newly formed dense water

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Van Haren, Hans ^b   Millo, Claude ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE MIXING; CORIOLIS PARAMETER; DEEP WATER; DENSE WATERS; DOUBLE DIFFUSION; HOMOGENEOUS LAYERS; IN-BETWEEN; INERTIAL WAVES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NEAR-SURFACE; SLANTWISE CONVECTION; SUBBASINS; THICK LAYERS; WATER FORMATION; WATER-MASS PROPERTIES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BUOYANCY; DEEP WATER; DENSE WATER; EDDY; INTERNAL WAVE; OCEANIC CONVECTION; WATER MASS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 68749092664     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038736     Document Type: Article

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