The skirted island: The effect of topography on the flow around planetary scale islands

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 435-478

  Pedlosky, Joseph ^a   Iacono, Roberto ^b   Napolitano, Ernesto ^b   Helfrich, Karl ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC MOTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EDDY; FLOW PATTERN; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLUID FLOW; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; ISLAND; OCEAN BASIN; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WIND STRESS;

EID: 77049118731     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: 15439542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224009790741085     Document Type: Article

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