Mixing Nonlocality and Mixing Anisotropy in an Idealized Western Boundary Current Jet
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Physical Oceanography
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0022-3670,1520-0485
DOI: 10.1175/jpo-d-17-0011.1