Three-dimensional dynamics of the subsurface countercurrents and equatorial thermostad. Part I: Formulation of the problem and generic properties

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2588-2609

  Hua, Bach Lien ^a   Marin, Frédéric ^a   Schopp, Richard ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; JETS; OCEAN CURRENTS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

OCEAN DYNAMICS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

COUNTERCURRENT; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SUBSURFACE FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 1642578844     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<2588:TDOTSC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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