Near-inertial motions over the continental shelf off Concepción, central Chile

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 348-362

  Sobarzo, Marcus ^a   Shearman, R Kipp ^b   Lentz, Steve ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Chile; Coastal upwelling areas; Continental shelf; Effective Coriolis frequency; Inertial motion; Sea breeze process

Indexed keywords

CHILE; CORIOLIS FORCE; RESONANCE; SPATIAL VARIABLES CONTROL; WIND EFFECTS;

INERTIAL MOTION; INTERMITTENCY; LOWERS LAYERS; NEAR INERTIAL BAND; PHASE DIFFERENCE;

COASTAL ZONES;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; CURRENT; INERTIA; SEA BREEZE; SHELF BREAK; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBMARINE CANYON; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UPWELLING; WIND FORCING;

BIO-BIO; CHILE; CONCEPCION [BIO-BIO]; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 36049017954     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2007.08.021     Document Type: Article

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