The effects of a surface stress-driven ambient circulation on open ocean convection

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 199-222

  Rosman, J H ^a,b   Jacobs, P ^a   Ivey, G N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclonic circulation; Ekman transport; Geophysical flows; Oceanic convection; Preconditioning

Indexed keywords

CYCLONIC CIRCULATION; EKMAN TRANSPORT; OCEAN CONVECTION; PRECONDITIONING;

FLOW OF WATER; HEAT CONVECTION; OCEANOGRAPHY;

GEOPHYSICS;

EID: 0033300429     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929908203704     Document Type: Article

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