The Gent-McWilliams skew flux

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 831-841

  Griffies, Stephen M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; GENT-MCWILLIAMS SKEW FLUX; SKEWNESS; TRACER;

EID: 0031852840     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<0831:TGMSF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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