A dense current flowing down a sloping bottom in a rotating fluid

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 188-203

  Cenedese, Claudia ^a   Whitehead, J A ^a   Ascarelli, T A ^b   Ohiwa, M ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; STORMS;

EDDY REGIMES; FROUDE NUMBER;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DENSITY DRIVEN FLOW; ROTATING FLOW;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DENSITY CURRENT; FRESHWATER; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; ROTATING FLUID; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 1342308964     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<0188:ADCFDA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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