Influence of a deep flow on a surface boundary current

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 277-303

  Meunier, T ^a   Carton, X J ^a   Duarte, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

Baroclinic instability; Boundary currents; Coastal upwelling; Eddies and filaments; Mesoscale submesoscale

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BOUNDARY CURRENTS; COASTAL UPWELLING; MESOSCALE; NONLINEAR EVOLUTIONS; PERTURBATION WAVELENGTH; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC MODEL; SHALLOW-WATER MODELS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; POLES; STABILITY;

VORTICITY;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BOUNDARY CURRENT; COASTAL CURRENT; EDDY; FLOW MODELING; JET; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; STABILITY ANALYSIS; UPWELLING;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84879531789     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929.2012.657190     Document Type: Article

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