Linear stability analysis of the three-dimensional thermally-driven ocean circulation: Application to interdecadal oscillations

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 526-545

  Huck, Thierry ^a,b   Vallis, Geoffrey K ^b  

^a UFR SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES   (France)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; STABILITY ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 0034859142     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v53i4.12225     Document Type: Article

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