Close interactions between two pairs of heton-like vortices under sea ice

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C10, 1999, Pages 23591-23605

  Chao, Shenn Yu ^a   Shaw, Ping Tung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; ROTATING FLOW; VORTEX;

BRINE; CIRCULATION MODELING; EDDY; EPONTIC ENVIRONMENT; SEA ICE; VORTEX;

EID: 0033569018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900210     Document Type: Article

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