A high resolution numerical study of Gulf of Mexico fronts and eddies

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 187-201

  Dietrich, David E ^a   Lin, Charles A ^b,c   Mestas Nunez, Alberto ^a,d   Ko, Dong Shan ^d,e  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Centre de Recherche en Calcul Applique   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e STENNIS SPACE CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0031321851     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01029692     Document Type: Article

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