The latitudinal dependence of shear and mixing in the pacific transiting the critical latitude for PSI

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-16

  MacKinnon, J A ^a   Alford, M H ^b   Pinkel, Rob ^a   Klymak, Jody ^c   Zhao, Zhongxiang ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIXING; SHEAR STRAIN; TIDES;

CRITICAL LATITUDE; ENERGY; HIGHER MODE; INERTIAL MOTIONS; INTERNAL TIDES; INTERNAL WAVES; MIXING RATES; PACIFIC OCEAN; SUBHARMONIC INSTABILITY; TURBULENT MIXING;

DIFFUSION;

DIFFUSIVITY; OCEAN TIDE; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRAIN; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TURBULENT MIXING;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874997417     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/jpo-d-11-0107.1     Document Type: Article

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