Open AccessSmall Mesoscale Features at a Meandering Upper-Ocean Front in the Western Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea): Vertical Motion and Potential Vorticity Analysis
Author(s) -
Bruno Buongiorno Nardelli,
Rosalia Santoleri,
Stefania Sparnocchia
Publication year - 2001
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(2001)031<2227:smfaam>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - geology , mesoscale meteorology , potential vorticity , meander (mathematics) , vorticity , climatology , rossby wave , anticyclone , baroclinity , frontogenesis , eddy , trough (economics) , gulf stream , oceanography , positive vorticity advection , vortex , meteorology , geometry , physics , turbulence , mathematics , economics , macroeconomics