Process-oriented modeling studies of the 5500-km-long boundary flow off western and southern Australia

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 702-718

  Batteen, Mary L ^a   Miller, Henry A ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary currents; Flinders Current; Leeuwin Current; Leeuwin Undercurrent; Ocean eddies; Ocean modeling; Shelf currents

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; BOUNDARY CURRENT; COASTAL CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WIND FORCING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTH WEST CAPE; TASMANIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 61349185697     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.11.011     Document Type: Article

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