Model studies of near-inertial motion on the continental shelf off northeast Spain: A three-dimensional/two-dimensional/one-dimensional model comparison study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Xing, Jiuxing ^a   Davies, Alan M ^a   Fraunie, Philippe ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

Author keywords

Balearic Sea; Continental shelf; Hydrodynamic model; Near inertial currents; Wind forcing

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERNAL WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CURRENT; WIND FORCING;

BALEARIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 2342612628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jc001822     Document Type: Article

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