Three-dimensional flow in a shallow coastal upwelling zone: Alongshore convergence and divergence on the New Jersey shelf

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2113-2125

  Tilburg, Charles E ^a   Garvine, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COASTAL ZONES; FUNCTIONS; MOORING; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WIND EFFECTS;

EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS (EOF);

OCEAN CURRENTS;

COASTAL CIRCULATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; UPWELLING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141971329     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<2113:TFIASC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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