Open AccessDeceleration of a Finite-Width, Stratified Current over a Sloping Bottom: Frictional Spindown or Buoyancy Shutdown?*
Author(s) -
David C. Chapman
Publication year - 2002
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(2002)032<0336:doafws>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - buoyancy , mechanics , current (fluid) , gravity current , advection , shutdown , geology , mixed layer , boundary layer , downwelling , physics , internal wave , oceanography , thermodynamics , upwelling , nuclear physics