Resistance of a coherent vortex to a vertical shear

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3089-3100

  Vandermeirsh, Frédéric ^a   Morel, Yves ^a   Sutyrin, Georgi ^b  

^a EPSHOM/CMO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); SHEAR FLOW;

BAROCLINIC BACKGROUND CURRENT;

VORTEX FLOW;

MESOSCALE EDDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0036880483     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<3089:ROACVT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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