The influence of wind direction upon flow along the West Coast of Britain and in the North Channel of the Irish Sea

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-74

  Davies, Alan M ^a   Xing, Jiuxing ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COASTAL ZONES; HYDRODYNAMICS; WIND EFFECTS;

WIND DIRECTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

HYDRODYNAMICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WIND DIRECTION; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

IRISH SEA; NORTH CHANNEL; ST GEORGES CHANNEL;

EID: 0141452251     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<0057:TIOWDU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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