Inertial gyre solutions from a primitive equation ocean model

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 653-677

  Griffa, Annalisa ^a   Chassignet, Eric P ^a   Coles, Victoria ^a   Olson, Donald B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INERTIAL GYRE SOLUTIONS; MODELLING; PRIMITIVE EQUATION OCEAN MODEL; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC MOTION;

EID: 0030434661     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/0022240963213691     Document Type: Article

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