The analysis of large-scale turbulence characteristics in the Indonesian seas derived from a regional model based on the Princeton Ocean  Model

O'Driscoll, K.; Kamenkovich, V.

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The analysis of large-scale turbulence characteristics in the Indonesian seas derived from a regional model based on the Princeton Ocean Model

K. O'Driscoll and V. Kamenkovich

K. O'Driscoll

Institute of Oceanography, Centre for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Hamburg, Bundesstrasse 53, 20146 Hamburg, Germany

now at: Environmental Engineering Research Centre, School of Planning, Architecture & Civil Engineering, Queen's University Belfast, UK

V. Kamenkovich

Department of Marine Science, The University of Southern Mississippi, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529, USA

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