OCEANOGRAPHY What goes down must come up

被引:35
作者
Ferrari, Raffaele [1 ]
机构
[1] Massachusetts Inst Oceanog, Dept Earth Atmospher & Planetary Sci, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
CIRCULATION; OCEAN;
D O I
10.1038/513179a
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
A compilation of high-resolution measurements of ocean mixing collected over the past three decades reveals how deep ocean waters return to the surface — a process that helps to regulate Earth's climate.
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页码:179 / 180
页数:2
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