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A heton model of the spreading phase of open-ocean deep convection

  • S. Legg
  • , J. Marshall
  • University of Colorado Boulder

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Abstract

A point-vortex heton model of the lateral dispersion of cold water formed in open-ocean deep convection is developed and studied as an idealized representation of the sinking and spreading phase of open-ocean deep convection. -from Authors

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1040-1056
Number of pages17
JournalJournal of Physical Oceanography
Volume23
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1993
Externally publishedYes

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