Rotating convection driven by differential bottom heating

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1208-1220

  Park, Young Gyu ^a,b   Whitehead, J A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Ctr Ocean Land Atmosphere Studs   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CONVECTION; OVERTURN;

EID: 0032742234     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<1208:RCDBDB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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