Wind-driven fluctuating western boundary currents

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2185-2198

  Pierini, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; CURRENT; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; WIND FORCING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 0033030938     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<2185:WDFWBC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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