Inertial instability and sea spirals

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 23, 2002, Pages

  Shen, Colin Y ^a   Evans, Thomas E ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

3-D NUMERICAL MODELING; CYCLONIC VORTICES; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FULLY NONLINEAR; INERTIAL INSTABILITY; NON-HYDROSTATIC; OCEANIC MIXED LAYERS; SHEARED CURRENTS;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 0036946090     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015701     Document Type: Article

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