A heton perspective of baroclinic eddy transfer in localized open ocean convection

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2251-2266

  Legg, Sonya ^a   Jones, Helen ^b   Visbeck, Martin ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC EDDY TRANSFER; EDDIES; OCEANIC CONVECTION; POINT-VORTEX HETON MODEL;

EID: 0030427851     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<2251:AHPOBE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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