The Reddy maker

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1531-1549

  Nof, Doron ^a   Paldor, Nathan ^b   Gorder, Stephen Van ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR ENTRAINMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GRAVITATION; LENSES;

ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANTICYCLONE; CURRENT; EDDY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 0036710738     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(02)00040-7     Document Type: Article

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