Multiple equilibria of a double-gyre ocean model with super-slip boundary conditions

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2130-2147

  Primeau, Francois W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC MOTION; CIRCULATION MODELING; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; WIND STRESS;

EID: 0032992089     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<2130:MEOADG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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