Instabilities of a baroclinic, double diffusive frontal zone

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 840-861

  Smyth, W D ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; (R ,S)-SYMMETRIC; AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS); BAROCLINIC; BAROCLINIC EFFECTS; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITIES; BUOYANCY FLUXES; FRONTAL ZONES; LINEAR THEORIES; PARAMETER VALUES; PROPERTY (S); STABILITY EQUATIONS; VARIABLE DIFFUSIVITY; WAVE NUMBERS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BAROCLINIC MOTION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; BUOYANCY FORCING; OCEANIC FRONT; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 45749154657     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JPO3770.1     Document Type: Article

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