Subduction of a surface vortex under an outcropping front

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1610-1627

  Herbette, Steven ^a   Morel, Yves ^a   Arhan, Michel ^b  

^a EPSHOM/CMO   (France)

^b Centre Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; VORTEX FLOW;

SURFACE FRONT; SURFACE VORTEX;

STORMS;

ANTICYCLONE; ENTRAINMENT; FRONTOGENESIS; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

EID: 4043098193     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<1610:SOASVU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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