On the obscurantist physics of "form drag" in theorizing about the circumpolar current

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2297-2301

  Warren, Bruce A ^a   Lacasce, Joseph H ^a   Robbins, Paul E ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORM DRAG BALANCE; SVERDRUP TRANSPORT; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN, ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT;

EID: 0030428218     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<2297:OTOPOD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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