A modeling study of shelf circulation off northern California in the region of the Coastal Ocean Dynamics Experiment: Response to relaxation of upwelling winds

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2002, Pages

  Gan, Jianping ^a   Allen, J S ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Numerical modeling; Relaxation; Shelf circulation; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CIRCULATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; MODELING; UPWELLING; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS;

(NORTHEAST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037107224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000768     Document Type: Article

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