Sensitivity of coastal currents near Point Conception to forcing by three different winds: ECMWF, COAMPS, and blended SSM/I-ECMWF-buoy winds

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1229-1244

  Dong, Changming ^a   Oey, Lie Yauw ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; WIND EFFECTS; WIND STRESS;

COASTAL CURRENTS; MEAN CURRENTS; NEAR-SURFACE CURRENTS; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSES; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

COASTAL CURRENT; REMOTE SENSING; SSM-I; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; POINT CONCEPTION; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24944436142     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2751.1     Document Type: Article

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