Double-diffusive recipes. Part II: Layer-merging events

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1285-1305

  Radko, T ^a   Flanagan, J D ^a   Stellmach, S ^b   Timmermans, M L ^c  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; STAIRS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; DIFFUSIVE CONVECTION; DOUBLE DIFFUSION; EQUILIBRIUM LAYERS; SPECIFIC POWER; STABILITY ANALYSIS; THERMOHALINE STAIRCASE; VERTICAL TRANSPORTS;

MERGING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOUBLE DIFFUSION; SALINITY; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA;

EID: 84899892732     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-0156.1     Document Type: Article

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