Flow near submarine canyons driven by constant winds

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C12, 2000, Pages 28671-28694

  She, Jun ^a,b   Klinck, John M ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SUBMARINE CANYON; UPWELLING; WIND FORCING;

ASTORIA CANYON; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034475068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc900126     Document Type: Article

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