The nonlinear evolution of barotropically unstable jets

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2173-2192

  Poulin, F J ^a   Flierl, G R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JETS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STORMS;

QUASIGEOSTROPHY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY; FROUDE NUMBER; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; JET FLOW; ROSSBY NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

DENMARK STRAIT;

EID: 0345017709     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<2173:TNEOBU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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