Dynamics of large-amplitude geostrophic flows over bottom topography

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-62

  Benilov, E S ^a   Sakov, P V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT; FLOW; TOPOGRAPHY;

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY EFFECTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW;

EID: 0031410617     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-4-55-1997     Document Type: Article

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