Rectified barotropic flow over a submarine canyon

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1868-1893

  Perénne, Nicolas ^a   Verron, Jacques ^a   Renouard, Dominique ^a   Boyer, Don L ^b   Zhang, Xiuzhang ^b  

^a Institut de Mecanique de Grenoble   (France)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

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EID: 0000697566     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<1868:RBFOAS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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