Gravity current dynamics and entrainment - A process study based on observations in the Arkona Basin

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2094-2113

  Arneborg, Lars ^a   Fiekas, Volker ^b   Umlauf, Lars ^c   Burchard, Hans ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Forschungsanstalt der Bundeswehr fur Wasserschall und Geophysik FWG   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORIOLIS FORCE; FROUDE NUMBER; GRAVITY WAVES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENCE MODELS;

FLOW DIRECTION; GRAVITY COMPONENT; GRAVITY CURRENT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOTTOM STRESS; EKMAN LAYER; ENTRAINMENT; FROUDE NUMBER; GRAVITY FLOW; OCEANIC CURRENT; SHEAR STRESS; TIME SERIES; TURBULENCE;

ARKOMA BASIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250780440     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3110.1     Document Type: Article

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