The Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Equilibrium

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1571-1587

  Gallego, Blanca ^a   Cessi, Paola ^b   McWilliams, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DIFFUSION; HEAT TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND;

BAROCLINIC EDDIES; TURBULENT INTERFACE;

CHANNEL FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; FLOW MODELING; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; THERMOCLINE;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 4043130793     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<1571:TACCIE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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