The three-dimensional chaotic transport and the great ocean barrier

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1258-1273

  Yang, Huijun ^a   Liu, Zhengyu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAOS; CIRCULATION; GREAT OCEAN BARRIER; LAGRANGIAN STRUCTURE; TRANSPORT;

EID: 0031438531     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<1258:TTDCTA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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