Strange encounters of eddies with walls

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 739-761

  Nof, Doron ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY; CIRCULATION MODELING; CURRENT RING; EDDY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 0033500781     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224099321560555     Document Type: Article

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