Interplay of wind forcing and buoyant discharge off Montauk Point: Seasonal changes to velocity structure and a coastal front

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1068-1085

  Codiga, Daniel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BUOYANCY; COASTAL ZONES; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BAROTROPIC PRESSURE GRADIENT; DENSITY GRADIENTS; FRICTIONAL MODIFICATION; WIND FORCING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

OCEANIC FRONT; WIND FORCING;

EID: 15944394031     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2736.1     Document Type: Article

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