Dynamical response to differential rates of temperature change over sloping topography: Lough Corrib, Ireland

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Cannaby, H ^a   White, M ^a   Bowyer, P ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; IRELAND; OCEANOGRAPHY; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMAL PLUMES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

DENSE WATER; HEAT FLUX; PLUME; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

CONNACHT; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; LOUGH CORRIB; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36249029155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003890     Document Type: Article

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