Articles | Volume 9, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-597-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-597-2013
Research article
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08 Jul 2013
Research article |  | 08 Jul 2013

Wave-turbulence scaling in the ocean mixed layer

G. Sutherland, B. Ward, and K. H. Christensen

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