Nonlinear Ekman effects in rotating barotropic flows

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 412, Issue , 2000, Pages 75-91

  Zavala Sanson L ^a   Van Heijst, G J F ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; ROTATING FLOW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; VORTICITY;

EID: 0343527304     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022112000008193     Document Type: Article

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