Stability of a cold core eddy in the presence of convection: Hydrostatic versus nonhydrostatic modeling

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 475-494

  Molemaker, M Jeroen ^a,b,c   Dijkstra, Henk A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; CONVECTION; EDDY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW;

EID: 0034015887     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<0475:SOACCE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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