Effects of stratification on quasi-geostrophic inviscid equilibria

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 354, Issue , 1998, Pages 345-356

  Merryfield, William J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

BOTTOM TRAPPING; MEAN STREAMFUNCTIONS; QUASI GEOSTROPHIC INVISCID EQUILIBRIA; TWO LAYER FLOW;

FLOW INTERACTIONS;

EQUILIBRIUM; STRATIFICATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

EQUILIBRIUM; STRATIFICATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031777327     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097007684     Document Type: Article

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