Three-dimensional structure of thermohaline staircases in the tropical north Atlantic and their effect on acoustic propagation
Under typical conditions in the subtropical thermocline double-diffusion occurs in the form of salt fingering (warm, salty fluid overlies cold, fresh fluid). The formation of staircases in the thermohaline structure of the ocean has been observed since the late 1960s, with recent field data collecte...
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10945/27801 |