Hydrodynamical modeling of oceanic vortices

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 179-263

  Carton, X ^a  

^a EPSHOM/CMO   (France)

Author keywords

Cyclogeostrophic balance; Hydrodynamical modeling; Jet instability and vortex formation; Merger and alignment; Mesoscale coherent vortices; Observation in the North Atlantic ocean; Stability analysis; Vortex pairing

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; STABILITY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

OCEANIC VORTICES;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

EID: 0035686994     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013779219578     Document Type: Article

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