Spring-summer frontogenesis at the mouth of Block Island Sound: 2. Combining acoustic Doppler current profiler records with a general circulation model to investigate the impact of subtidal forcing

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1-21

  Edwards, C A ^a   Fake, T A ^b   Codiga, D L ^c   Bogden, P S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Fronts

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; FRONTOGENESIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 14744287225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JC002133     Document Type: Article

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