A frictionally and hydraulically constrained model of the convectively driven mean flow in partially enclosed seas

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1339-1354

  Maxworthy, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELLING; CONVECTIVELY-DRIVEN FLOW; OUTFLOW; SEMI-ENCLOSED SEAS;

PERSIAN GULF; RED SEA;

EID: 0030824449     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(97)00027-7     Document Type: Article

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