Pontential vorticity constraint on the flow between two basins

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2251-2266

  Yang, Jiayan ^a   Price, James F ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DRAG; OCEAN CURRENTS; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW; VORTICITY;

CYCLONIC BOUNDARY CURRENT; LARGE-SCALE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ADVECTION; BOUNDARY CURRENT; DRAG; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; THROUGHFLOW; TORQUE;

EID: 35148886182     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3116.1     Document Type: Article

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