Retroflection from slanted coastlines-circumventing the "vorticity paradox"

Ocean Science

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 293-306

  Zharkov, V ^a   Nof, D ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77953329865     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-4-293-2008     Document Type: Article

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