The rectification of wind-driven flow due to its instabilities

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 559-587

  Katsman, Caroline A ^a,b   Dijkstra, Henk A ^a   Drijfhout, Sybren S ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW MODELING; GYRE; INSTABILITY; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 0031787919     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224098765213586     Document Type: Article

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