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Physical oceanography

ratio of water depth to tidal current speed cubed that predicts where shelf seas stay mixed or stratify and where tidal mixing fronts form.

In physical oceanography, Simpson-Hunter criterion refers to ratio of water depth to tidal current speed cubed that predicts where shelf seas stay mixed or stratify and where tidal mixing fronts form. This meaning comes from Simpson (1974) in Nature.[1]

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References

Simpson, J. H., & Hunter, J. R. (1974). Fronts in the Irish Sea. Nature, 250(5465), 404-406. https://doi.org/10.1038/250404a0

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