Equilibrium statistical mechanics of barotropic flow over finite topography

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1880-1890

  Merryfield, W J ^a   Cummins, P F ^a   Holloway, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; VORTEX FLOW;

TOPOGRAPHY;

STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

FLOW MECHANICS; TOPOGRAPHY;

BAROTROPIC MOTION; FLOW OVER SURFACE; FLUID MECHANICS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 0035388262     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2001)031<1880:ESMOBF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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