Observations of tilting meddies

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1023-1038

  Walsh, David ^a,b   Richardson, Philip L ^a   Lynch, Jim ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDIES; SEA;

ANTICYCLONIC MOTION; EDDIES; MEDDIES; TILTING;

EID: 0029833803     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<1023:OOTM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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