Baroclinic instabilities of the two-layer quasigeostrophic alpha model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1287-1296

  Holm, Darryl D ^a,b   Wingate, Beth A ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTER FOR NONLINEAR STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; TURBULENCE; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITIES; EDDY VISCOSITY; OCEAN CIRCULATION; QUASIGEOSTROPHIC ALPHA MODEL;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW;

EID: 24944522299     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2741.1     Document Type: Article

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