The influence of wind forcing on the Chesapeake Bay buoyant coastal current

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1305-1316

  Lentz, Steven J ^a   Largier, John ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COASTAL ZONES; OCEAN CURRENTS; WIND STRESS;

ISOPYCNALS; RICHARDSON NUMBERS; WIND FORCING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; COASTAL CURRENT; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748501083     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2909.1     Document Type: Article

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