The equatorial undercurrent in a two layer shallow water model

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 171-186

  Sirven, J ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

equatorial undercurrent; equatorial upwelling; shallow water model; thermocline depth

Indexed keywords

2-LAYER SHALLOW-WATER MODEL; CIRCULATION MODELLING; EQUATORIAL CIRCULATION; EQUATORIAL UNDERCURRENTS;

EID: 0030302424     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(96)00041-3     Document Type: Article

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