Seasonality in submesoscale turbulence

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Callies, Jörn ^a   Ferrari, Raffaele ^a   Klymak, Jody M ^b   Gula, Jonathan ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; MESOSCALE EDDY; SEA SURFACE; SEASONALITY; TURBULENCE;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ENERGY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GROWTH RATE; GULF STREAM; PREDICTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; THERMOCLINE; WINTER;

EID: 84928396069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7862     Document Type: Article

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