Open AccessA Linear Balance Model of Wind-Driven, Midlatitude Ocean Circulation
Author(s) -
James C. McWilliams,
Nancy J. Norton,
Peter R. Gent,
Dale B. Haidvogel
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of physical oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.706
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1520-0485
pISSN - 0022-3670
DOI - 10.1175/1520-0485(1990)020<1349:albmow>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - ocean gyre , geostrophic wind , boundary current , advection , barotropic fluid , geology , climatology , potential vorticity , eddy , stream function , rossby number , atmospheric sciences , middle latitudes , mesoscale meteorology , ocean current , thermocline , wind stress , mechanics , physics , vorticity , turbulence , vortex , thermodynamics , subtropics , fishery , biology