Development of eddies in an idealised shelf slope area due to an along slope barotropic jet

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 26, Issue 12-13, 2006, Pages 1481-1495

  Thiem, Øyvind ^a   Berntsen, Jarle ^a   Gjevik, Bjørn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

coordinate; C grid; Eddy formation; Jet; Ocean modelling; Shelf slope; Stability analysis

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC WAVE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EDDY; INFLOW; JET FLOW; SIMULATION; SLOPE; STRATIFICATION; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; MORE BASIN; NORWEGIAN SEA; ORMEN LANGE FIELD;

EID: 33746270813     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.02.016     Document Type: Article

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