Influence of a strong bottom slope on the evolution of a surface-intensified vortex

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 911-924

  Thierry, Virginie ^a   Morel, Yves ^b  

^a Centre Bretagne   (France)

^b EPSHOM/CMO   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELING; SLOPE; TOPOGRAPHY; VORTEX;

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; FLOW MODELING; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VORTEX;

EID: 0032723922     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<0911:IOASBS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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