A spectral model for process studies of rotating, density-stratified flows

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-94

  Winters, Kraig B ^a   MacKinnon, J A ^a   Mills, Bren ^a  

^a INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

FROUDE NUMBER; STRATIFIED FLOWS;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; STRATIFIED FLOW; TRAJECTORY PREDICTION;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATIFIED FLOW; TRAJECTORY;

EID: 1342266484     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021<0069:ASMFPS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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