Adjustment of a wind-driven two-layer system with mid-basin topography

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 851-882

  Andres, Magdalena ^a   Yang, Jiayan ^a   Kwon, Young Oh ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC WAVE; BAROTROPIC WAVE; BOUNDARY CURRENT; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WAVE PROPAGATION; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 84878964137     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: 15439542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224012806770946     Document Type: Article

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