On the indeterminancy of rotational and divergent eddy fluxes

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 478-483

  Fox Kemper, Baylor ^a   Ferrari, Raffaele ^a   Pedlosky, Joseph ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPONENTS; DECOMPOSITION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

EDDY FLUXES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

HYDRODYNAMICS; MESOSCALE EDDY;

EID: 0141856468     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<0478:OTIORA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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