Effect of bathymetric curvature on gulf stream instability in the vicinity of the Charleston Bump

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 452-475

  Xie, Lian ^a   Liu, Xiaoming ^a   Pietrafesa, Leonard J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; WATER WAVES;

BAROCLINIC; BAROTROPIC; HYBRID-COORDINATE OCEAN MODEL;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY; BATHYMETRY; CURVATURE; EDDY; MEANDER; OCEAN WAVE; WAVE ENERGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM;

EID: 34247464254     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2995.1     Document Type: Article

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