Generalized conditions for hydraulic criticality of oceanic overflows

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1782-1800

  Pratt, Larry ^a   Helfrich, Karl ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

FROUDE NUMBER; GILL'S FUNCTIONAL FORMULATION; STREAMTUBE MODEL;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

FROUDE NUMBER; HYDRODYNAMICS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

EID: 28544447765     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2788.1     Document Type: Article

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