Mechanisms for enhanced turbulence in the Drake Passage Region of the Southern Ocean

Mechanisms for enhanced turbulence in the Drake Passage Region of the Southern Ocean

Thesis: Ph. D., Joint Program in Physical Oceanography (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), 2016.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Merrifield, Sophia Tiare
Other Authors:	Louis St. Laurent and W. Brechner Owens.
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng
Published:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2016
Subjects:	Joint Program in Physical Oceanography. Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/104590

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