On thermobaric production of potential vorticity in the ocean

David N. Straub

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v51i2.12313

On thermobaric production of potential vorticity in the ocean

Tellus

Volume 51 (1999): Issue 2

By: David N. Straub

Open Access

|Jan 1999

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