Effects of steep topography on the flow and stratification near Palmyra Atoll

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 460-473

  Hamann, Ilse M ^a   Boehlert, George W ^b   Wilson, Christopher D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary mixing; Flow topography interaction; Recirculation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DOPPLER EFFECT; ECOLOGY; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WAKES;

BOUNDARY MIXING; FLOW-TOPOGRAPHY INTERACTIONS; MARINE FAUNA; RECIRCULATION;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 4944226724     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-004-0091-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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