The role of mixed-layer instabilities in submesoscale turbulence

DOI10.1017/jfm.2015.700zbMath1381.86011OpenAlexW2281071325WikidataQ60146799 ScholiaQ60146799MaRDI QIDQ2812019

Raffaele Ferrari, Baylor Fox-Kemper, Glenn R. Flierl, Jörn Callies

Publication date: 16 June 2016

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/116612

zbMATH Keywords

quasi-geostrophic flowsgeophysical and geological flowsOcean circulation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05)

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