Modelling the depth of penetration of the wind's momentum at superinertial frequencies due to non-linear effects in frontal regions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Xing, Jiuxing ^a   Davies, Alan M ^a  

^a Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ISOTHERMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW; WIND POWER;

ENHANCED SURFACE VORTICITY; MOMENTUM;

WIND EFFECTS;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; FRONT; JET; MODELING; WIND MEASUREMENT;

EID: 1642633357     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018339     Document Type: Article

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