Driving mechanism of band structure of mean current over the continental shelf

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1839-1855

  Isobe, Atsuhiko ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURES; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FRONTAL EDDIES; FRONTAL WAVES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DOPPLER EFFECT; OCEAN CURRENTS; RESONANCE; WAVE EQUATIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; OCEANIC CURRENT; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

EID: 4444272331     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<1839:DMOBSO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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