Turbulent mixing and hydraulic control of abyssal water in the Samoan Passage

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 4668-4674

  Alford, Matthew H ^a   Girton, James B ^a   Voet, Gunnar ^a   Carter, Glenn S ^b   Mickett, John B ^a   Klymak, Jody M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

abyss; hydraulics; mixing

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; HYDRAULICS; MIXING; SHEAR FLOW;

ABYSS; ABYSSAL CIRCULATION; DOMINANT PROCESS; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONTROL; HYDRAULIC RESPONSE; SHEAR INSTABILITY; TURBULENCE LEVEL;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 84883452897     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50684     Document Type: Article

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