Time-dependent fully nonlinear geostrophic adjustment

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1614-1634

  Kuo, Allen C ^a   Polvani, Lorenzo M ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOSTROPHIC EQUILIBRIUM; ROTATING FLUIDS; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATIONS;

EID: 0031405145     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<1614:TDFNGA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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