Forcing of a two-layered water column over a sloping seafloor

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2659-2676

  Nilsen, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WIND STRESS;

BAROCLINIC MODE; RESONANCE RESPONSE; SEAFLOOR; WATER COLUMNS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; NUMERICAL MODEL; WATER COLUMN; WIND STRESS;

EID: 13644269759     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2638.1     Document Type: Article

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