Tracers and potential vorticities in ocean dynamics

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3562-3577

  Kurgansky, Michael V ^a   Budillon, Giorgio ^b   Salusti, Ettore ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VORTEX FLOW; WATER WAVES;

OCEAN DYNAMICS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

FLUID DYNAMICS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROTATING FLUID; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TRACER;

EID: 0036987617     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<3562:TAPVIO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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