Interaction of barotropic vortices with coastal topography: Laboratory experiments and numerical simulations

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2141-2162

  Zavala Sanson, L ^a   Van Heijst, G J F ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAST; TOPOGRAPHY; VORTEX;

BAROTROPIC MOTION; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; COASTAL ZONE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VORTEX;

EID: 0033764136     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<2141:iobvwc>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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