Dynamic mean flow and small-scale interaction through topographic stress

Journal of Nonlinear Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-130

  Grote, M J ^a   Majda, A J ^a   Ragazzo, C Grotta ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beta plane; Geographical fluid dynamics; Hamiltonian dynamics; Homoclinic stochasticity; Topographic blocking; Topographic stress; Topography; Whiskered tori

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039619880     PISSN: 09388974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003329900065     Document Type: Article

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