Mean flow generation along a sloping region in a rotating homogeneous fluid

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C12, 1996, Pages 28597-28614

  Zhang, Xiuzhang ^a   Boyer, Don L ^a   Pérenne, Nicolas ^b   Renouard, Dominique P ^c  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b EPSHOM/CMO   (France)

^c Institut de Mecanique de Grenoble   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROTATING FLOW; SLOPES; TIDAL FLOWS; TOPOGRAPHY;

FLOW MODELLING; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SLOPING REGION; TIDAL CURRENTS;

EID: 0030433287     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC02834     Document Type: Article

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