A numerical investigation of slanted convection and subsurface anticyclone generation in an arctic baroclinic current system

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  Chao, Shenn Yu ^a   Shaw, Ping Tung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic eddies; Convection in baroclinic currents

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; BAROCLINIC MODE; CONVECTION; MESOSCALE EDDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

BEAUFORT SEA;

EID: 0037088868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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