Richardson Number and Ocean Mixing: Towed Chain Observations
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Physical Oceanography
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0022-3670,1520-0485
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<0736:rnaomt>2.0.co;2