Numerical simulations of buoyant Ekman layers in the presence of variable stratification. Part I: Constant interior forcing

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 3096-3120

  Romanou, A ^a   Weatherly, G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; TURBULENCE;

ISOBATHS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; BOUNDARY LAYER; EKMAN LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 0035482137     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2001)031<3096:NSOBEL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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