Surface quasigeostrophic solutions and baroclinic modes with exponential stratification

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 569-580

  LaCasce, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dynamics

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MODE; BAROTROPIC MODE; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; EXPONENTIAL STRATIFICATION; NEAR-SURFACE; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC; SURFACE DENSITY;

DYNAMICS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ASTROPHYSICS;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; BAROCLINIC WAVE; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 84861465027     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-0111.1     Document Type: Article

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