A coastal current in winter: 2. Wind forcing and cooling of a coastal current east of Cape Cod

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Shcherbina, Andrey Y ^a,b   Gawarkiewicz, Glen G ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COOLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; WIND EFFECTS;

BUOYANCY; COASTAL CURRENT; COOLING; DOWNWELLING; EKMAN TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERTURN; WIND FORCING; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE COD; GULF OF MAINE; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57549102049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004750     Document Type: Article

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