Mixing over the steep side of the Cycladic Plateau in the Aegean Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-47

  Gregg, M C ^a   Alford, M H ^a   Kontoyiannis, H ^c   Zervakis, V ^d   Winkel, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean; Hydraulic jump; Mixing; Scattering; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AEGEAN; AEGEAN SEA; DIAPYCNAL DIFFUSIVITY; DISSIPATION RATES; HOTSPOTS; INTERNAL TIDES; INTERNAL WAVES; LEE WAVES; MIXING EFFICIENCY; SEMI-DIURNAL; STRONG TURBULENCE; STRONG-MIXING; TURBULENT INTENSITIES; VERTICAL LINES; WEAK-MIXING;

DIGITAL DEVICES; HYDRAULIC JUMP; SCATTERING; TIDES; TURBULENCE;

MIXING;

DIFFUSIVITY; DISSIPATION; INTERNAL TIDE; INTERNAL WAVE; LEE WAVE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXING; PLATEAU; PYCNOCLINE; SAMPLING; SEMIDIURNAL TIDE; SLOPE; TURBULENCE; WAKE;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 80052452734     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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