Baroclinic and barotropic aspects of the wind-driven ocean circulation

DOI10.1016/S0167-2789(02)00392-5zbMath0995.86003OpenAlexW1973210737MaRDI QIDQ1600322

Y. Feliks, L. U. Sushama, Michael Ghil

Publication date: 12 June 2002

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0167-2789(02)00392-5

zbMATH Keywords

double-gyre circulationquasi-geostrophic mid-latitude ocean modelsymmetric wind-stress pattern

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05)

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