A new mechanism for the generation of quasi-zonal jets in the ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Jinbo ^a   Spall, Michael A ^b   Flierl, Glenn R ^a   Malanotte Rizzoli, Paola ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

BAROTROPIC; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; NEW MECHANISMS; NONLINEAR TRANSFER; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC MODEL; TRAPPED MODES;

ENERGY TRANSFER;

AMPLITUDE; BAROTROPIC MOTION; BOUNDARY CURRENT; JET; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; WAVELENGTH; BAROTROPIC TIDE; ENERGY FLUX; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW;

EID: 84861416501     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051861     Document Type: Article

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