On a Wind-Driven, Double-Gyre,Quasi-Geostrophic Ocean Model: NumericalSimulations and Structural Analysis
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On a Wind-Driven, Double-Gyre, Quasi-Geostrophic Ocean Model: Numerical Simulations and Structural Analysis1 Jie Shen,∗ T. Tachim Medjo,† and S. Wang‡ ∗Department of Mathematics, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802; †Department of Mathematics, Florida International University, DM 413 B, University Park, Miami, Florida 33199; and ‡Department of Mathematics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405
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تاریخ انتشار 1999