Topography, jets, and eddy mixing in the Southern Ocean

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 479-502

  Lu, Jianhua ^a   Speer, Kevin ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MODE; BAROTROPIC MODE; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; EDDY; JET; MIXING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 79960658640     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: 15439542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224010794657227     Document Type: Article

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