Response of the bottom boundary layer over a sloping shelf to variations in alongshore wind

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Perlin, A ^a   Moum, J N ^a   Klymak, J M ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CURRENT; BOUNDARY LAYER; SHELF DYNAMICS; TURBULENCE; UPWELLING; WIND FORCING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 28844485155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002500     Document Type: Article

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