Dynamics of dense water descending a continental slope

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1318-1328

  Ou, Hsien Wang ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; FLUID DYNAMICS; FRICTION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEAWATER; VORTEX FLOW;

DENSE WATER; FRICTIONAL DECAY; FRICTIONAL TORQUE; GEOSTROPHIC ADJUSTMENT; REDUCED-GRAVITY MODEL; VORTICITY BALANCE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DENSE WATER;

EID: 25444523776     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2758.1     Document Type: Article

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