Topographic effects on the anticyclonic vortex evolution: A modeling study

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 10-11, 2008, Pages 1246-1260

  Hyun, Kyung Hoon ^a   Hogan, Patrick J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b STENNIS SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticyclonic vortex; HYCOM; Slope steepness and orientation; Topographic effect

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; MODELING; SLOPE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TOPOGRAPHY; VORTICITY;

EID: 44449141045     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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