Laboratory experiments on mesoscale vortices interacting with two islands

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Cenedese, Claudia ^a   Adduce, Claudia ^b   Fratantoni, David M ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VORTEX;

EID: 27744593307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002734     Document Type: Article

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