Frontogenesis in the North Pacific Oceanic frontal zones - A numerical simulation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 537-559

  Dinniman, Michael S ^a,c   Rienecker, Michele M ^b  

^a HUGHES STX CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRONTOGENESIS; MODEL; OCEANIC FRONT;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032752924     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<0537:FITNPO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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