The physical oceanography of Jones Bank: A mixing hotspot in the Celtic Sea

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-24

  Palmer, Matthew R ^a   Inall, Mark E ^b   Sharples, Jonathan ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM MIXED LAYERS; HYDRAULIC CONTROL; LOCAL INTERACTIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE MEASUREMENTS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW; SURFACE MIXED LAYERS;

HYDRAULIC JUMP; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OCEAN CURRENTS; STREAM FLOW; TURBULENCE;

MIXING;

HOT SPOT; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXED LAYER; MIXING; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; STRATIFIED FLOW; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW; THERMOCLINE; TURBULENCE; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CELTIC SEA;

EID: 84885373163     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.06.009     Document Type: Article

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