Interactions of baroclinic isolated vortices: The dominant effect of shielding

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 524-541

  Valcke, S ^a,b   Verron, J ^a  

^a Institut de Mecanique de Grenoble   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MOTION; CIRCULATION MODELLING; SHIELDED; VORTICES;

EID: 0030666331     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<0524:IOBIVT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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