Vortex dipole formation by baroclinic instability of boundary currents

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1661-1677

  Cherubin L ^a   Carton, Xavier ^b   Dritschel, D G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Centre Bretagne   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPOLE FORMATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASIGEOSTROPHIC MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; VORTICITY; WATER WAVES;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BOUNDARY CURRENT; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; UNDERCURRENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 34447553341     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3079.1     Document Type: Article

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