Buoyancy-driven circulation in an ocean basin with isopycnals intersecting the sloping boundary

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 913-940

  Hallberg, Robert ^a,b   Rhines, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY-DRIVEN CIRCULATION; CIRCULATION MODELLING; SLOPING BOUNDARY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS;

EID: 0029853958     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<0913:BDCIAO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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