Radiating instability of nonzonal ocean currents

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 622-643

  Kamenkovich, Igor V ^a,b   Pedlosky, Joseph ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW MODELLING; INSTABILITY; NONZONAL FLOW;

EID: 0029853947     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<0622:RIONOC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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