On surface drift currents in the ocean

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1979, Pages 191-208

  Huang, Norden E ^a  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

SURFACE DRIFT CURRENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 0018785419     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112079000112     Document Type: Article

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