Inner shelf circulation patterns and nearshore flow reversal under downwelling and stratified conditions off a curved coastline

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Sanay, Rosario ^a   Yankovsky, Alexander ^a   Voulgaris, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BATHYMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MORPHOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

ADVECTION; BATHYMETRY; COUNTERCURRENT; DOWNWELLING; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; ROSSBY NUMBER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WIND FORCING;

LONG BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56049097715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004487     Document Type: Article

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