Bottom-trapped currents as statistical equilibrium states above topographic anomalies
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Bottom-trapped currents as statistical equilibrium states above topographic anomalies
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Fluid Mechanics
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0022-1120,1469-7645
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2012.146