A laboratory study of the zonal structure of western boundary currents

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1073-1090

  Pierini, Stefano ^a   Malvestuto, Vincenzo ^b   Siena, Giuseppe ^c   McClimans, Thomas A ^d   Løvås, Stig M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c CONISMA ^*  (Italy)

^d SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; LANDFORMS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; ROTATION; STRESSES; SURFACES;

BOUNDARY CURRENTS; CONNECTIONS (STRUCTURAL); CONSTANT SPEED; DYNAMICAL PARAMETERS; LABORATORY SET-UP; RECTANGULAR CHANNELS; RETURN FLOW; STRONGLY NONLINEAR; SURFACE STRESSES; SURFACE WIND STRESS; VELOCITY FIELDS; ZONAL STRUCTURES;

WIND STRESS;

NUMERICAL MODEL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; WIND STRESS;

EID: 45749095498     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JPO3706.1     Document Type: Article

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