Generation of intermediate water vortices in a rotating stratified fluid: Laboratory model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C8, 1996, Pages 18167-18174

  Afanasyev, Y D ^a,b   Filippov, I A ^a  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDIES; STRATIFIED FLOW;

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; JETS; LABORATORY MODEL; SUBMARINE CANYONS; VORTICES;

EID: 0030451694     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC01294     Document Type: Article

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