A geostrophic vortex over a slope

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2362-2381

  Lacasce, Joseph H ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SLOPE DYNAMICS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VORTEX;

EID: 0032988643     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<2362:AGVOAS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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