Propagation of meridional circulation anomalies along western and eastern boundaries

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2699-2717

  Marshall, David P ^a   Johnson, Helen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSIPATION COEFFICIENTS; FLOW BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FRICTIONAL BOUNDARIES; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; NO-SLIP BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; PROPAGATION OF WAVES; REDUCED-GRAVITY MODEL;

COASTAL ZONES; GRAVITY WAVES;

FRICTION;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; KELVIN WAVE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; ROSSBY WAVE; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 84891607461     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-0134.1     Document Type: Article

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