On the application of hydraulic theory to the deep-water flow through the Irbe Strait

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 323-332

  Laanearu, Janek ^a   Lips, Urmas ^a   Lundberg, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Hydraulic control; Rossby radius; Strait bathymetry; Stratified fluid

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL POINT; CURRENT; FLOW PATTERN; TOPOGRAPHY;

BOTTOM CURRENT; DEEP WATER; FLOW STRUCTURE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 0033837385     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(00)00025-7     Document Type: Article

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