Western boundary current separation: Inferences from a laboratory experiment

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2576-2588

  Baines, Peter G ^a   Hughes, Roger L ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Dept of Civ and Environ Eng ^*  (Australia)

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EID: 0001531563     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<2576:WBCSIF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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