Lagrangian motion and fluid exchange in a barotropic meandering jet

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2635-2655

  Rogerson, A M ^a   Miller, P D ^b   Pratt, L J ^a   Jones, C K R T ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW MODELING; FLUID FLOW; JET; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MEANDERING FLOW;

BAROTROPIC MOTION; CURRENT MEANDERING; FLOW MODELING; FLUID FLOW; JET; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

EID: 0033395327     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<2635:LMAFEI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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