Why potential vorticity is not conserved along mean streamlines in a numerical southern ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1286-1299

  Gille, Sarah T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELLING; CONSERVATION OF VORTICITY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STREAMLINES;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0031437536     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<1286:WPVINC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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