Submesoscale generation by boundaries

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 69, Issue 4-6, 2011, Pages 501-522

  Dewar, W K ^a   Berloff, Pavel ^b   Hogg, Andrew McC ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANOGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84858820912     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: 15439542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224011799849345     Document Type: Article

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