The shear, convergence, and thermohaline structure of a front

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-66

  Flament, Pierre ^a,c   Armi, Laurence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; FRONTAL FEATURE; JET; SHEAR; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033999114     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<0051:TSCATS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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