Laboratory model studies of Mediterranean outflow adjustment in the Gulf of Cadiz

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 4207-4223

  Davies, Peter A ^a   Guo, Yakun ^a   Rotenberg, Eyal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JETS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); VELOCITY;

FROUDE NUMBER;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOUNDARY CURRENT; JET FLOW; MODELING; OUTFLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036035024     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00151-0     Document Type: Article

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