The dynamics of an equivalent-barotropic model of the wind-driven circulation

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 407-451

  Berloff, Pavel S ^a   Meacham, Stephen P ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELLING; EQUIVALENT-BAROTROPIC MODEL; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 0030670795     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/0022240973224319     Document Type: Article

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