Internal hydraulic flows on the continental shelf: High drag states over a small bank

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C3, 2001, Pages 4593-4611

  Nash, Jonathan D ^a,b   Moum, James N ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DRAG; SHELF DYNAMICS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TURBULENT MIXING;

OREGON SHELF; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034938255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc000183     Document Type: Article

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