The eddy cannon

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1475-1507

  Pichevin, Thierry ^a,b,c   Doron, Nof ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHOM/CMO   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENTS; EDDIES; MODELLING;

CAPES; CIRCULATION MODELLING; EDDIES; MEDDY GENERATION;

EID: 0030427432     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(96)00064-7     Document Type: Article

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