Baroclinic dynamics of wind-driven circulation in a stratified bay: A numerical study using models of varying complexity

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 2357-2370

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

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baroclinic Kelvin waves; downwelling; lunenburg Bay; nonlinear advection; topography; upwelling; wind driven currents

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; BAROCLINIC WAVE; COASTAL ZONE; DOWNWELLING; ISOTHERM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; STRATIFICATION; STRATIFIED FLUID; UPWELLING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

CANADA; LUNENBURG COUNTY; MAHONE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 51249121349     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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