Stability of a buoyancy-driven coastal current at the shelf break

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 452, Issue , 2002, Pages 97-121

  Cenedese, C ^a   Linden, P F ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; OCEAN CURRENTS;

TOPOGRAPHY;

FLUID MECHANICS;

BUOYANCY DRIVEN FLOW; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CURRENT; FLOW STABILITY; LABORATORY;

EID: 0037050977     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112001006668     Document Type: Article

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