Ekman drift and vortical structures

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 185-197

  Morel, Yves ^a   Thomas, Leif N ^b  

^a MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Transport; Vortex; Wind

Indexed keywords

VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY;

EKMAN DRIFTS; LINEAR WAVES; NON-LINEAR; POTENTIAL VORTICITIES; SURFACE LAYERS; TRANSPORT; VORTEX; VORTEX CHARACTERISTICS; VORTICAL STRUCTURES;

WIND STRESS;

DIABATIC PROCESS; EKMAN LAYER; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SURFACE LAYER; VORTEX;

EID: 61649113375     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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