Geostrophic circulation in a rectangular basin with a circumpolar connection

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3175-3184

  Samelson, Roger M ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; STRATIFIED FLUID;

EID: 0033497631     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<3175:GCIARB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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