Features of coastal current instabilities in the North Sea: Results of a numerical model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue 3334, 1998, Pages 7681-7691

  Langenberg, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; CIRCULATION; COASTAL CURRENTS; CURRENTS;

GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA; SKAGERRAK;

EID: 0032522040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jc00100     Document Type: Article

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