The influence of propagating waves on cross-stream excursions

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1915-1923

  Lozier, M Susan ^a   Bold, Timothy J ^b   Bower, Amy S ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUIDS; SATELLITES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CURRENT MEANDERING; FLOW MODELLING; JETS; KINEMATIC MODEL; LAGRANGIAN PRESSURE CHANGE; PROPAGATION;

EID: 0030441064     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<1915:TIOPWO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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