Submesoscale currents in the ocean

DOI10.1098/rspa.2016.0117zbMath1371.86012OpenAlexW2400488166WikidataQ26747408 ScholiaQ26747408MaRDI QIDQ5363573

James C. McWilliams

Publication date: 29 September 2017

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2016.0117

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15)

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