A balanced approach to modelling rotating stably stratified geophysical flows

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 488, Issue , 2003, Pages 123-150

  Dritschel, David G ^a   Viúdez, Álvaro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JETS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POISSON EQUATION; SURFACES;

GEOPHYSICAL FLOWS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; GEOPHYSICAL FLOW; ROTATING FLOW; STRATIFIED FLOW;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; GEOPHYSICS; MODELING; ROTATING FLOW; STRATIFIED FLOW;

EID: 0038804645     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112003004920     Document Type: Article

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