Idealized three-dimensional modeling of seasonal variation in the Alaska Coastal Current

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Williams, William J ^a,b   Weingartner, Thomas J ^a   Hermann, Albert J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; BUOYANCY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WIND STRESS;

ADVECTION; BUOYANCY; COASTAL CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORIOLIS FORCE; DOWNWELLING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WIND STRESS;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548646308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003285     Document Type: Article

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