Comparison of mixing efficiency and vertical diffusivity models from temperature microstructure

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Dunckley, J F ^a   Koseff, J R ^a   Steinbuck, J V ^b   Monismith, S G ^a   Genin, A ^c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DIFFUSION; EFFICIENCY; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

BUOYANCY FLUXES; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; EDDY-DIFFUSIVITY MODELS; MIXING DYNAMICS; MIXING EFFICIENCY; PARAMETERIZATIONS; STRATIFIED WATERS; TEMPERATURE VARIANCE; THORPE SCALE; TURBULENCE PARAMETERS; VERTICAL DIFFUSIVITY; WATER COLUMNS;

PARAMETERIZATION;

BUOYANCY FORCING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSIVITY; FROUDE NUMBER; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXING; PARAMETERIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; WATER COLUMN;

GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 84867507136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC007967     Document Type: Article

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