The influence of topography on the stability of shelfbreak fronts

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1023-1036

  Lozier, M Susan ^a   Reed, Mark S C ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina Supercomputing Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JETS; LINEARIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SHEAR FLOW; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; BOTTOM-SLOPE CONFIGURATIONS; HYDROSTATIC PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; SHELFBREAK FRONT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; SHELF BREAK;

EID: 23044493018     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2717.1     Document Type: Article

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