Regimes of low-frequency variability in a three-layer quasi-geostrophic ocean model

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 685-720

  Nauw, Janine J ^a   Dijkstra, Henk A ^a,b   Simonnet, Eric ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^c INSTITUT NON LINÉAIRE DE NICE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERN; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 11244278740     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/0022240042387556     Document Type: Article

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