Mean flow evolution of a baroclinically unstable potential vorticity front

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 273-287

  Boss, Emmanuel ^a,b   Thompson, Luanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; FLOW MODELING; OCEANIC FRONT; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY NUMBER;

EID: 0032696350     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<0273:MFEOAB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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