A modeling study of coastal-trapped wave propagation in the Gulf of California. Part I: Response to remote forcing

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1313-1331

  Martinez J A ^a   Allen, John S ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WATER WAVE EFFECTS; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND EFFECTS;

COASTAL-TRAPPED WAVES (CTW); MODEL-DATA CORRELATIONS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE; TRAPPED WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 3242700648     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<1313:AMSOCW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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