Vortex generation by topography in locally unstable baroclinic flows

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 207-219

  Bracco, Annalisa ^a   Pedlosky, Joseph ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; STORMS; WATER WAVES;

TOPOGRAPHY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0141633006     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<0207:VGBTIL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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