Submesoscale surface fronts and filaments: secondary circulation, buoyancy flux, and frontogenesis

DOI10.1017/JFM.2017.294MaRDI QIDQ4594062zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors James C. McWilliams

Publication date 17 November 2017

Published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2017.294

zbMATH Keywords

rotating flowsstratified flowsocean processes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05)

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