Upstream separation in a rotating channel flow

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C4, 1998, Pages 7567-7578

  Borenas K M ^a   Whitehead, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL; CURRENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; ROTATING FLOW; SEPARATION;

CURRENTS; FLOW; GYRE; ROTATING FLUID; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS;

EID: 0032522064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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