Bifurcation of a coastal current at an escarpment

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 969-985

  Carnevale, George F ^a   Smith, Stefan G Llewellyn ^b   Crisciani, Fulvio ^c   Purini, Roberto ^c   Serravall, Roberta ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Istituto Sperimentale Talassografico   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION; COASTAL CURRENT; ESCARPMENT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 0345035450     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<0969:BOACCA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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