Observations and simulations of a transient shelfbreak front over the narrow shelf at Sydney, southeastern Australia

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 763-784

  Gibbs, Mark T ^a   Marchesiello, Patrick ^b   Middleton, Jason H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

East Australian Current; Shelfbreak front; Velocity measurements

Indexed keywords

DOWNWELLING; JET; SHELF BREAK FRONT; SHELF DYNAMICS;

TASMAN SEA;

EID: 0034615823     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(99)00090-4     Document Type: Article

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