The response of a steep-sided, narrow canyon to time-variable wind forcing

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 697-726

  Hickey, Barbara M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELLING; SUBMARINE CANYONS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS; WIND FORCING;

EID: 0030721651     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<0697:TROASS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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