A different outflow length scale?

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 793-804

  Nof, Doron ^a   Van Gorder, Stephen ^a   Pichevin, Thierry ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EPSHOM/CMO   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EDDY CURRENTS; JETS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

MIDLATITUDE; NARROW JET; OUTFLOW;

BUOYANCY;

BOUNDARY CURRENT; MESOSCALE EDDY; OUTFLOW; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY NUMBER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 2442690193     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<0793:ADOLS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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