Interaction between an eddy and a zonal jet Part II. Two-and-a-half-layer model

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 271-296

  Vandermeirsch, Frédéric O ^a,b   Carton, Xavier J ^a,b   Morel, Yves G ^a  

^a SHOM   (France)

^b Centre Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

Jets; Nonlinear equations; Potential vorticity; Rotating fluids; Stratified flow; Vortices

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; JET; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; ROTATING FLUID; STRATIFIED FLOW;

EID: 0037292696     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0265(02)00066-0     Document Type: Article

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