Potential vorticity and the quasigeostrophic and semigeostrophic mesoscale vertical velocity

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 865-887

  Viúdez, Álvaro ^a   Dritschel, David G ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ESTIMATION; JETS; STORMS; VORTEX FLOW; WAVE EFFECTS;

QUASIGEOSTROPHIC; VERTICAL VELOCITY; VORTICITY;

VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 2442653772     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<0865:PVATQA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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