Response of Lake Superior to mesoscale wind forcing: A comparison between currents driven by QuikSCAT and buoy winds

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Chen, Changsheng ^a   Xu, Qichun ^a   Ralph, Elise ^b   Budd, Judith Wells ^c   Lin, Huichan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^c Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Frontal dynamics; Mesoscale variation; Wind driven circulation

Indexed keywords

LAKE WATER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WIND FIELD; WIND FORCING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 11844279653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JC001692     Document Type: Article

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