Oceanic restratification forced by surface frontogenesis

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1577-1590

  Lapeyre, Guillaume ^a,b   Klein, Patrice ^a   Hua, Bach Lien ^a  

^a Centre Bretagne   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC RESTRATIFICATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY CONSERVATION; SURFACE FRONTOGENESIS;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; JETS; KINETIC ENERGY; VORTEX FLOW;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EDDY; FRONTOGENESIS; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STRATIFICATION; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 33749684094     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2923.1     Document Type: Article

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