Large-scale semigeostrophic equations for use in ocean circulation models

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 318, Issue , 1996, Pages 85-105

  Salmon, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; EQUATIONS OF STATE OF LIQUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

DYNAMICAL EQUATIONS; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HAMILTONIAN APPROXIMATION METHODS; INTERNAL ROSSBY DEFORMATION RADIUS; OCEAN CIRCULATION MODELS; SEMIGEOSTROPHIC EQUATIONS;

FLOW OF WATER;

CIRCULATION MODELLING; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HAMILTONIAN APPROXIMATION; SEMIGEOSTROPHIC EQUATIONS;

EID: 0030200315     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096007045     Document Type: Article

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