Determination of wind-driven ocean circulation inside closed characteristics

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 94, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 151-176

  Sakamoto, Toshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Closed geostrophic contours; Frictional western boundary layer; Sverdrup interior; Two layer quasigeostrophic model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040621909     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091920108203406     Document Type: Article

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