Density fronts in the vicinity of a long ridge

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 27, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 283-300

  Hreinsson, Frimann ^a   Zhang, Xiuzhang ^a   Boyer, Don L ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FRONT; LABORATORY EXPERIMENT; RIDGE;

EID: 11144281386     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0377-0265(97)00015-8     Document Type: Article

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