A porous-medium theory for barotropic flow through ridges and archipelagos

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2702-2718

  Pratt, Larry J ^a   Spall, Michael A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; WIND;

ARCHIPELAGOS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ARCHIPELAGO; BAROTROPIC MOTION; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION; ZONAL FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 1642497492     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<2702:APTFBF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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