Interface structure and flux laws in a natural double-diffusive layering

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 6092-6106

  Sommer, Tobias ^a,b   Carpenter, Jeffrey R ^a,c   Schmid, Martin ^a   Lueck, Rolf G ^d   Schurter, Michael ^a   Wüest, Alfred ^a,b,e  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Rockland Scientific International Inc   (Canada)

^e ENAC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; boundary layer; double diffusion; flux law; interface; Lake Kivu

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT CONVECTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LAKES; SOLIDS; STAIRS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; AVERAGE HEAT FLUXES; DOUBLE DIFFUSION; DOUBLE-DIFFUSIVE CONVECTION; DOUBLE-DIFFUSIVE INTERFACES; INTERFACE STRUCTURES; LAKE KIVU; MICROSTRUCTURE MEASUREMENTS;

HEAT FLUX;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; DIFFUSIVITY; HEAT FLUX; INTERFACE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXED LAYER; PARAMETERIZATION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE KIVU;

EID: 84890208317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009166     Document Type: Article

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