Vertical fluxes conditioned on vorticity and strain reveal submesoscale ventilation
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Physical Oceanography
سال: 2021
ISSN: 0022-3670,1520-0485
DOI: 10.1175/jpo-d-21-0016.1