Quasi-two-dimensional flow on the polar β-plane: Laboratory experiments

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 502-510

  Espa, S ^a   Cenedese, A ^a   Mariani, M ^a   Carnevale, G F ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta plane; Topography; Turbulence; Vortices

Indexed keywords

BETA-PLANE; CONTAINER GEOMETRIES; CORIOLIS PARAMETERS; DEPTH VARIATIONS; GEOPHYSICAL TURBULENCES; JET FORMATIONS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOWS; ROTATING TANKS; TRANSPORT BARRIERS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOWS; VISCOUS EFFECTS; VORTICES; ZONAL FLOWS;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE;

JETS;

CORIOLIS FORCE; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; JET FLOW; LABORATORY METHOD; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TURBULENCE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; VORTEX;

EID: 67349265521     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.10.015     Document Type: Article

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