Evolution of baroclinic planetary eddies over localized bottom topography in terms of JEBAR

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-27

  Sakamoto, Toshihiro ^a   Yamagata, Toshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baroclinic eddies; Bottom topography; JEBAR

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; CURRENT; EDDY; OCEAN; TOPOGRAPHY;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY EFFECTS; EDDIES; JEBAR;

EID: 0030657657     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929708208971     Document Type: Article

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