Nonhydrostatic simulations of the regional circulation in the Monterey Bay area

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Tseng, Yu Heng ^a   Breaker, L C ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; FLOW PATTERNS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND STRESS;

BAY; CIRCULATION MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; EDDY; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; UPWELLING; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; VORTEX FLOW; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38949109975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004093     Document Type: Article

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