Interaction between an island and the ventilated thermocline: Implications for the Hawaiian Lee Countercurrent

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3408-3426

  Qiu, Bo ^a   Durland, Theodore S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

VENTILATED THERMOCLINES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOUNDARY CURRENT; COUNTERCURRENT; ISLAND; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; THERMOCLINE; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036982748     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<3408:IBAIAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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