The Santa Cruz eddy. Part II: Mechanisms of formation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2387-2405

  Archer, Cristina L ^a   Jacobson, Mark Z ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VORTEX FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING;

EDDY FORMATION; HORIZONTAL VORTICITY; SANTA CRUZ EDDY; VERTICAL VORTICITY;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EDDY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA CRUZ [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18544379562     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2979.1     Document Type: Article

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