On the dynamics of β plumes

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3569-3580

  Özgökmen, Tamay M ^a   Crisciani, Fulvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FRICTION; THERMAL PLUMES; VORTEX FLOW; WATER WAVES;

RECIRCULATING FLOWS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

OCEANIC CIRCULATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; RECIRCULATING SYSTEM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0035713465     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)031<3569:OTDOP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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