Model study of the cross-frontal water exchange on Georges Bank: A three-dimensional Lagrangian experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Chen, Changsheng ^a   Xu, Qichun ^a   Beardsley, Robert C ^b   Franks, Peter J S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross frontal exchange; Eulerian and Lagrangian residual currents; Georges bank; Stokes' drift; Tidal mixing front

Indexed keywords

EULER FLOW; FLOW FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC FRONT; WATER EXCHANGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEORGES BANK;

EID: 0042324207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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