Lagrangian and tracer evolution in the vicinity of an unstable jet

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 288-303

  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

FLUID DYNAMICS; INSTABILITY; JET; TRACER;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; JET; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; ROSSBY NUMBER; TRACER;

EID: 0032696351     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<0288:LATEIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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