Idealized models of slantwise convection in a baroclinic flow

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 558-572

  Straneo, Fiammetta ^a   Kawase, Mitsuhiro ^a   Riser, Stephen C ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; HEAT CONVECTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

BAROCLINIC FLOW;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CONVECTION; WATER MASS;

EID: 0036478860     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<0558:IMOSCI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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