Stability analysis of the Labrador current

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 445-463

  Sören, Thomsen ^a,b   Eden, Carsten ^a   Czeschel, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; LABRADOR CURRENT; MODEL SIMULATION; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC LIMIT; RICHARDSON NUMBER; STABILITY ANALYSIS; WEAK STRATIFICATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROWTH RATE; KINETICS; PHASE VELOCITY; STABILITY;

SHEAR FLOW;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; EDDY; FLOW VELOCITY; KINETIC ENERGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CURRENT; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; RICHARDSON NUMBER; STRATIFICATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LABRADOR CURRENT;

EID: 84893788782     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-0121.1     Document Type: Article

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