The behavior of jet currents over a continental slope topography with a possible application to the northern current

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 790-810

  Flexas, Maria del Mar ^a,b,c   van Heijst, G J F ^a   Trieling, R R ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WATER WAVES;

BAROTROPIC LABORATORY MODEL; EDDY FORMATION; MEANDERING FORMATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; OCEANIC CURRENT; TOPOGRAPHY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 21844472798     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2705.1     Document Type: Article

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