Instability of abyssal currents in a continuously stratified ocean with bottom topography

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3528-3550

  Reszka, Mateusz K ^a   Swaters, Gordon E ^a   Sutherland, Bruce R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WATER WAVES;

ABYSSAL CURRENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ABYSSAL CIRCULATION; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL ENERGY; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 0036983026     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<3528:IOACIA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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