Local "mean field" theory of hydraulically controlled strait flow

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1692-1701

  Stern, Melvin E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW; WATER WAVES;

CROSS STREAM; STATIONARY WAVES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOTTOM WATER; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STRAIT;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; DENMARK STRAIT; GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 4043166104     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<1692:LMFTOH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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