Advective spreading of storm-induced inertial oscillations in a model of the northwest Atlantic Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2004, Pages

  Zhai, Xiaoming ^a   Greatbatch, Richard J ^a   Sheng, Jinyu ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; HURRICANES; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OSCILLATIONS; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

ATLANTIC OCEANS; DIAPYCNAL MIXING; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; INERTIAL OSCILLATIONS;

GEOPHYSICS;

ADVECTION; ENERGY BALANCE; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HURRICANE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OSCILLATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 4744369779     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020084     Document Type: Article

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