Aspects of the mean wintertime circulation along Australia's southern shelves: Numerical studies

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 668-684

  Cirano, Mauro ^a   Middleton, John F ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WIND EFFECTS;

DENSITY GRADIENTS; STRAITS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DOWNWELLING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

AUSTRALIAN SECTOR; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0442293645     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2509.1     Document Type: Article

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