Sub-inertial dynamics of density-driven flows in a continuously stratified fluid on a sloping bottom. II. Isolated eddies and radiating cold domes

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 455, Issue 1986, 1999, Pages 2305-2329

  Poulin, Francis J ^a   Swaters, Gordon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Density driven currents; Oc anographie eddies and vortices; Physical oceanography

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000458344     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1999.0405     Document Type: Article

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