The theory of the beta-plane baroclinic topographic modons

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 175-211

  Kizner, Ziv ^a   Berson, Dimitry ^a   Reznik, Gregory ^b   Sutyrin, Georgi ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroclinic modon; Beta plane; Bottom topography; Rider

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; VORTEX FLOW;

LINEAR WAVES; MODONS;

GEOPHYSICS;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; FLUID DYNAMICS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW;

EID: 1342266763     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0309192031000108706     Document Type: Article

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