Seasonal characteristics of bottom boundary layer detachment at the shelfbreak front in the Middle Atlantic Bight

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Linder, Christopher A ^a   Gawarkiewicz, Glen G ^a   Pickart, Robert S ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom boundary layer; Middle Atlantic Bight; Shelfbreak front

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER; BOUNDARY LAYER; EUPHOTIC ZONE; PYCNOCLINE; SEASONALITY; SHELF BREAK FRONT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT;

EID: 18544401642     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jc002032     Document Type: Article

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