On Spectral Analysis of Mesoscale Eddies. Part I: Linear Analysis

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2505-2527

  Berloff, P ^a   Kamenkovich, I ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING ZONAL JETS; BOTTOM FRICTION; LINEAR ANALYSIS; LINEAR NORMAL MODES; MULTIPLE ZONAL JETS; SELF-INTERACTIONS; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS;

REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

SHEAR FLOW;

JET FLOW; MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 84891606899     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-0232.1     Document Type: Article

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