Successive formation of planetary lenses in an intermediate layer

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 1-29

  Aiki, Hidenori ^a   Yamagata, Toshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intense coherent vortex; Lens formation; North Pacific Intermediate Water; Planetary geostrophic dynamics

Indexed keywords

GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; INTERMEDIATE WATER MASS; VORTEX SHEDDING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033743074     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091920008203709     Document Type: Article

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