Observations of the flow field near the nose of a buoyant coastal current

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 933-943

  Lentz, Steven J ^a   Elgar, Steve ^a   Guza, R T ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COASTAL ZONES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

COASTAL CURRENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BUOYANCY FORCING; COASTAL CURRENT; CURRENT VELOCITY; GRAVITY WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141637376     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)33<933:OOTFFN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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