Acceleration of a stratified current over a sloping bottom, driven by an alongshelf pressure gradient

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1305-1317

  Chapman, David C ^a   Lentz, Steven J ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BUOYANCY; CALCULATIONS; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRESSES; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

ALONGSHELF PRESSURE GRADIENTS; BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYER; BUOYANCY ADVECTION; SLOPING BOTTOM; STRATIFIED CURRENT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; COASTAL CURRENT; STRATIFICATION; UPWELLING;

EID: 25444470778     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2744.1     Document Type: Article

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