On the baroclinic instability of axisymmetric rotating gravity currents with bottom slope

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 408, Issue , 2000, Pages 149-177

  Choboter, Paul F ^a   Swaters, Gordon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORIOLIS FORCE; CURRENT; GRAVITY FLOW; MODEL;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; CORIOLIS FORCE; CURRENT; GRAVITY FLOW; MODEL;

EID: 0033909754     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112099007661     Document Type: Article

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