Interaction between an eddy and a zonal jet Part I. One-and-a-half-layer model

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 247-270

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

^a Section de Géodésie Géophysique   (France)

^b IFREMER   (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;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037294611     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0265(02)00065-9     Document Type: Article

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