Generation of baroclinic topographic waves by a tropical cyclone impacting a low-latitude continental shelf

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 333-351

  Dukhovskoy, Dmitry S ^a   Morey, Steven L ^a   O'Brien, James J ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroclinic motion; Caribbean Sea; Hurricanes; Low frequency internal waves; Topographic waves

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC WAVE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ENERGY FLUX; HURRICANE; KELVIN WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; TRAPPED WAVE; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; CENTRAL AMERICA; NICARAGUA;

EID: 57749108566     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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