Horizontal convective water exchange above a sloping bottom: The mechanism of its formation and an analysis of its development

Oceanology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 166-174

  Chubarenko, I P ^a  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; FLOW VELOCITY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SHALLOW WATER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMOCLINE; WATER EXCHANGE;

EID: 77952005038     PISSN: 00014370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0001437010020025     Document Type: Article

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