On the structure of supercritical western boundary currents

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 303-319

  Lee, Sang Ki ^a,b  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Heavy Industries   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Instability; Reynolds number; Western boundary currents

Indexed keywords

FLOW MODELING; INSTABILITY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

EID: 0034980152     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0265(01)00056-2     Document Type: Article

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