Lagrangian approach to geostrophic adjustment of frontal anomalies in a stratified fluid

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-135

  Plougonven, Riwal ^a,b   Zeitlin, V ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frontogenesis; Geostrophic adjustment

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DEFORMATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVES; JETS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BAROTROPIC JET; DEFORMATION FRONTOGENESIS; FRONTAL ANOMALIES; STRATIFIED FLUID;

GEOPHYSICS;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 18544362486     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091920512331328080     Document Type: Article

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