A numerical study of the upwelling circulation off central Chile: Effects of remote oceanic forcing

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Leth, Ole K ^a   Middleton, John F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; WIND;

BOUNDARY CURRENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; TRAPPED WAVE; UNDERCURRENT; UPWELLING; WIND FORCING; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

GULF OF ARAUCO; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34447526440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003070     Document Type: Article

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