Dynamics of separating western boundary currents

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-144

  Da Silveira, Ilson C A ^a,c   Flierl, Glenn R ^b   Brown, Wendell S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CIRCULATION MODELING; CURRENT MEANDERING; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

EID: 0032743235     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<0119:DOSWBC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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