Topographic and stratification effects on shelf edge flows

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 31, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 73-116

  Guo, Yakun ^a   Davies, Peter A ^a   Cavalletti, Alessandra ^a   Jacobs, Pieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Shelf edge flows; Stratification effect; Topographic

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FLOW MODELING; SHELF BREAK; STRATIFICATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 0034090726     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0265(99)00029-9     Document Type: Article

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