A study of the balance of horizontal momentum in a vertical shearing current

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 572-589

  Viúdez, Álvaro ^a   Haney, Robert L ^a,c   Allen, John T ^b  

^a Universitat de les Illes   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CORIOLIS FORCE; CURRENT VELOCITY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MOMENTUM; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 0343527889     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<0572:ASOTBO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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