Influence of a step-like coastline on the basin scale vorticity budget of mid-latitude gyre models

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 255-272

  Dupont, Frédéric ^a,b,c   Straub, David N ^a,b   Lin, Charles A ^a,b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Geography   (Canada)

^c Centre de Recherche en Calcul Applique   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SHALLOW WATER; VORTICITY; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 0038782912     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0870.2003.00015.x     Document Type: Article

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