A laboratory study of the effects of a sloping side boundary on wind-driven circulation in a homogeneous ocean model

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1103-1126

  Griffiths, Ross W ^a   Veronis, George ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; FLOW; MODEL; OCEANIC BOUNDARY; SLOPE; WATER MOTION; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 0031433827     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/0022240973224111     Document Type: Article

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