A numerical study of island wakes in the Southern California Bight

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1233-1248

  Dong, Changming ^a   McWilliams, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation; Islands; Southern California Bight; Submesoscale eddies; Vorticity; Wakes

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; BOTTOM STRESS; CYCLONE; DRAG; EKMAN PUMPING; ISLAND; LEE WAVE; MESOSCALE EDDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHELF BREAK; VORTICITY; WAKE;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAN NICOLAS ISLAND; SANTA CATALINA ISLAND; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248529892     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.01.016     Document Type: Article

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