A numerical study of the relative importance of wind and topographic forcing on oceanic eddy shedding by tall, deep water islands

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 146-157

  Jimenez B ^a   Sangra P ^b   Mason, E ^b  

^a IBERDROLA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gran Canaria island; Hydrodynamics; Modelling; Oceanic eddies; Oceanic islands; Quasi geostrophic model

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OCEAN CURRENTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TOPOGRAPHY; VORTICITY; WAKES; WIND EFFECTS;

OCEANIC EDDIES; OCEANIC ISLANDS; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC MODEL;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BAROTROPIC MOTION; EDDY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CURRENT; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VORTICITY; WAKE; WIND FORCING; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAN CANARIA; LAS PALMAS; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 43949101330     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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