Microstructure observations during the spring 2011 STRATIPHYT-II cruise in the northeast Atlantic

Ocean Science

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 945-957

  Jurado, E ^a,c   Dijkstra, H A ^a   Van Der Woerd, H J ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ENERGY DISSIPATION; KINETIC ENERGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXED LAYER; OCEAN WAVE; SPATIAL DATA; SPRING (SEASON); STRATIFICATION; TRANSITION ZONE; TURBULENCE; WIND STRESS; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 84868669976     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-8-945-2012     Document Type: Article

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