An exploration of the role of transient eddies in determining the transport of a zonally reentrant current

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 3312-3330

  Hallberg, R ^a   Gnanadesikan, A ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; WIND STRESS;

EDDY FLUXES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; EKMAN TRANSPORT; TRANSIENT FLOW; WIND FORCING;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0035509875     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2001)031<3312:AEOTRO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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