Momentum balances on the North Carolina inner shelf

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C8, 1999, Pages 18205-18226

  Lentz, Steve ^a   Guza, R T ^b   Elgar, Steve ^c   Feddersen, Falk ^b   Herbers, T H C ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Washington State University   (United States)

^d NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SHELF DYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH ATLANTIC SHELF;

EID: 0033373102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900101     Document Type: Article

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