Wintertime shoreward near-surface currents south of Cape Hatteras

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Savidge, Dana K ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cape Hatteras; Cross shelf transport; Mesoscale fronts

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE HATTERAS; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037113512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc001193     Document Type: Article

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