Generation of a buoyancy-driven coastal current by an Antarctic Polynya

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1011-1032

  Wilchinsky, Alexander V ^a   Feltham, Daniel L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES; BUOYANCY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLUID MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA ICE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS); COASTAL CURRENTS; COASTAL OCEAN; CONVEX SHAPES; CYCLONIC EDDIES; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; OCEAN MODELLING; PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; SALINITY WATER; SALT REJECTIONS; SLOPING BOTTOM; SPATIAL RESOLUTION (SR); THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D); TURBULENT DIFFUSIVITIES;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BUOYANCY; COASTAL CURRENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLYNYA; SALINITY;

EID: 45749117006     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JPO3831.1     Document Type: Article

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