Interaction of a coastal Kelvin wave with the mean state in the Gulf Stream separation area

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1429-1444

  Février, Sabine ^a   Sirven, Jérôme ^a   Herbaut, Christophe ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KELVIN WAVE; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; VORTICITY GRADIENT;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VORTICITY; WATER WAVES;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

KELVIN WAVE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; OCEAN WAVE; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; VORTICITY; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION;

EID: 34447579924     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3062.1     Document Type: Article

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