Eddy-mean flow interactions in the along-stream development of a western boundary current jet: An idealized model study

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 682-707

  Waterman, Stephanie ^a,c   Jayne, Steven R ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary currents; Eddies; Jets; Potential vorticity

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC; BAROTROPIC; BOUNDARY CURRENTS; EDDIES; EDDY ACTIVITY; EDDY DECAYS; EDDY EFFECT; EDDY-MEAN FLOW INTERACTION; ENSTROPHY; IDEALIZED MODELS; JET DYNAMICS; PARAMETER REGIMES; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; RADIATION OF WAVES; RECIRCULATION GYRE; RECIRCULATIONS; STABILITY PROPERTIES; THEORETICAL STUDY; UPSTREAM REGION; WESTERN BOUNDARY; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS;

FLOW INTERACTIONS; STABILIZATION; VORTICITY;

DYNAMICS;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; BAROTROPIC MOTION; EDDY; FLOW MODELING; JET FLOW; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STREAM; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

EID: 79958693851     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4477.1     Document Type: Article

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