Instabilities of a steady, barotropic, wind-driven circulation

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 885-913

  Meacham, S P ^a   Berloff, P S ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC MOTION; WIND STRESS; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 0031414180     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/0022240973224166     Document Type: Article

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