Vertical mixing and coherent anticyclones in the ocean: The role of stratification

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-47

  Koszalka, I ^a   Ceballos, L ^b   Bracco, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGEOSTROPHIC FLOW; ANTICYCLONE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MESOSCALE MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OSCILLATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; ROSSBY WAVE; STRATIFICATION; VERTICAL MIXING; VORTEX FLOW; WIND FORCING; VORTICITY;

EID: 77953008889     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-17-37-2010     Document Type: Article

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