Emergence of cyclonic structures due to the interaction between near-inertial oscillations and mesoscale eddies

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 593 PART B, 2003, Pages 2513-2525

  Klein, Patrice ^a   Hua, Bach Lien ^a   Carton, Xavier ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Inertial oscillations

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; OSCILLATIONS;

MESOSCALE EDDIES;

STORMS;

ANTICYCLONE; ASYMMETRY; CYCLONE; MESOSCALE EDDY;

EID: 0141800116     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.02.111     Document Type: Article

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