A process-oriented numerical study of currents, eddies and meanders in the Leeuwin Current System

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 8-10, 2007, Pages 859-883

  Batteen, Mary L ^a   Kennedy Jr , Richard A ^a   Miller, Henry A ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddies; Leeuwin Current; Meanders; Numerical modeling; Princeton Ocean Model; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

EDDIES; LEEUWIN CURRENT; MEANDERS; PRINCETON OCEAN MODEL; SURFACE POLEWARD CURRENT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EDDY CURRENTS;

COASTAL CURRENT; CURRENT; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; EDDY; MEANDER; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHELF BREAK; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; UPWELLING; WIND FORCING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT; INDIAN OCEAN; LEEUWIN CURRENT; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 34547157590     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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