Topographic advection of dense bottom water

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 510, Issue , 2004, Pages 95-104

  Wahlin A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENTS; LIMITERS;

LARGE AMPLITUDE GEOSTROPHIC THEORY; TOPOGRAPHIC ADVECTION;

FLUID MECHANICS;

ADVECTION; BOTTOM WATER; DENSE WATER; EDDY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WATER MASS;

EID: 3242700406     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112004009590     Document Type: Article

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