Interior versus boundary mixing of a cold intermediate layer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Cyr, F ^a   Bourgault, D ^a   Galbraith, P S ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EROSION; KINETIC ENERGY;

COASTAL SEAS; COLD INTERMEDIATE LAYERS; CORE TEMPERATURE; EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; EROSION RATES; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TURBULENT DIFFUSIVITIES; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; VERTICAL DIFFUSION;

MIXING;

COLD WATER; DIFFUSIVITY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EROSION RATE; INTERMEDIATE WATER; KINETIC ENERGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXING; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TURBULENT FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

EID: 84855315719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007359     Document Type: Article

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