The effect of continental slope on buoyancy-driven circulation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 8 PART 2, 1999, Pages 1881-1891

  Wu, Lixin ^a   Liu, Zhengyu ^b   Hurlburt, Harley E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; BUOYANCY; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033384909     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<1881:teocso>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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