An equilibrium statistical theory for large-scale features of open-ocean convection

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1325-1353

  DiBattista, M T ^a   Majda, A J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; OCEANIC CONVECTION; OPEN OCEAN; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW;

EID: 0033862477     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<1325:AESTFL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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