Diffusive draining and growth of eddies

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 8, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 241-251

  Balasuriya, S ^a   Jones, C K R T ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC MOTION; DIFFUSION; EDDY;

EID: 0034777423     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-8-241-2001     Document Type: Article

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