Alongshore currents and mesoscale variability near the shelf edge off northwestern Australia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Brink, K H ^a   Bahr, F ^a   Shearman, R K ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SALINE WATER; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

AGEOSTROPHIC FLOW; CURRENT RING; INSTABILITY; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; LONGSHORE CURRENT; MESOSCALE EDDY; MODELING; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SHELF BREAK; SHELF BREAK FRONT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 41049115052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003725     Document Type: Article

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