Dynamics of the Ningaloo Current off Point Cloates, Western Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 291-301

  Woo, Mun ^a   Pattiaratchi, Charitha ^a   Schroeder, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal water masses; Indian Ocean

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; NUMERICAL METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WIND VELOCITY; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33646354642     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF05106     Document Type: Conference Paper

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