Laboratory observations of rotating, stratified flow in the vicinity of a submarine canyon

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 31, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 47-72

  Boyer, Don L ^a   Zhang, Xiuzhang ^a   Pérenne, Nicholas ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental slope model; Stratified flow; Submarine canyon

Indexed keywords

FLOW MODELING; ROTATING FLOW; STRATIFIED FLOW; TOPOGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; FLOW MODELING; FLUID DYNAMICS; ROTATING FLOW; STRATIFIED FLOW; SUBMARINE CANYON; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 0034048377     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0265(99)00028-7     Document Type: Article

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