Baroclinic eddy interactions with continental slopes and shelves

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 283-291

  Sutyrin, G G ^a   Rowe, G Dail ^b   Rothstein, L M ^a   Ginis, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Accurate Environ Forecasting Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STORMS; WATER WAVES;

SURFACE EDDIES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; MESOSCALE EDDY; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0141675173     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<0283:BEIWCS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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