The propagation mechanism of a vortex on the β plane

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2316-2330

  van Leeuwen, Peter Jan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORIOLIS FORCE; GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW;

REDUCED-GRAVITY MODEL; VORTEX PROPAGATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ADVECTION; ANTICYCLONE; BETA-PLANE; CORIOLIS FORCE; VORTEX;

EID: 35148859761     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3107.1     Document Type: Article

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