Measurements of turbulent vertical kinetic energy in the ocean mixed layer from Lagrangian floats

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1984-1990

  Tseng, Ruo Shan ^a   D'Asaro, Eric A ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; FRICTION; KINETIC ENERGY; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND EFFECTS;

FRICTION VELOCITY; LAGRANGIAN FLOATS; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; SCATTEROMETERS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DRIFTER; KINETIC ENERGY; MIXED LAYER; VERTICAL MIXING;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); WORLD;

EID: 8344257163     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<1984:MOTVKE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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