Articles | Volume 5, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-5-271-2009
© Author(s) 2009. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Special issue:
20 Jul 2009
Understanding mixing efficiency in the oceans: do the nonlinearities of the equation of state for seawater matter?
Related subject area
Approach: Analytic Theory | Depth range: All Depths | Geographical range: All Geographic Regions | Phenomena: Turbulence and Mixing
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