Seasonal variation of a coastal jet in the Long Island Sound outflow region based on HF radar and Doppler current observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Ullman, D S ^a   Codiga, D L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal jet; Doppler current; FRONT; HF radar; Long Island Sound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; COASTAL CURRENT; JET FLOW; OUTFLOW; SEASONAL VARIATION;

LONG ISLAND SOUND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4744369782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JC001660     Document Type: Article

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