Observations of cross-shelf flow driven by cross-shelf winds on the inner continental shelf

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2358-2378

  Fewings, Melanie ^a,b   Lentz, Steven J ^a   Fredericks, Janet ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM LAYERS; COASTAL OBSERVATORIES; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CROSS-SHELF CIRCULATIONS; DOMINANT MECHANISMS; EULERIAN; LAGRANGIAN VELOCITIES; LONG TIME SERIES; OFFSHORE WINDS; ONSHORE WINDS; RESIDUAL MOTIONS; SURFACE LAYERS; UPPER WATER COLUMNS; VELOCITY PROFILES; VOLUME TRANSPORTS; WATER COLUMNS; WATER VELOCITIES; WIND DIRECTIONS;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; TIDES; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY; WIND;

WIND STRESS;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VELOCITY PROFILE; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER COLUMN; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 65549109311     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3990.1     Document Type: Article

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