The baroclinic, variable eddy viscosity Ekman layer: an approximate analytical solution

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 363-380

  Berger, Bradford W ^a,c   Grisogono, Branko ^b,d,e  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MOTION; EDDY; EKMAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 0032415514     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001076030166     Document Type: Article

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