Double-diffusive recipes. Part I: Large-scale dynamics of thermohaline staircases

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1269-1284

  Radko, T ^a   Bulters, A ^a   Flanagan, J D ^a   Campin, J M ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; STREAM FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; INDIRECT ESTIMATES; LARGE-SCALE DYNAMICS; SPONTANEOUS GENERATION; SUBTROPICAL THERMOCLINES; THERMOHALINE STAIRCASE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DYNAMICS; TURBULENT DIFFUSIVITIES;

STAIRS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSIVITY; THERMOCLINE; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE; TURBULENT MIXING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84899825036     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-0155.1     Document Type: Article

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