Observations and a model of undertow over the inner continental shelf

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2341-2357

  Lentz, Steven J ^a   Fewings, Melanie ^a   Howd, Peter ^b   Fredericks, Janet ^a   Hathaway, Kent ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DRIFT VELOCITIES; DYNAMICAL BALANCES; EARTH'S ROTATIONS; EULERIAN; LINEAR WAVE THEORIES; MASSACHUSETTS; MAXIMUM FLOWS; NORTH CAROLINA; OCEANIC FLOWS; OFFSHORE FLOWS; PARABOLIC PROFILES; SURF ZONES; SURFACE GRAVITY WAVES; VELOCITY PROFILES; VERTICAL SHEARS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; VOLUME TRANSPORTS; WATER COLUMNS; WATER DEPTHS; WAVE CHARACTERISTICS; WAVE HEIGHTS; WAVE STRESS;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HYDRODYNAMICS; SURFACE WAVES;

GRAVITY WAVES;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORIOLIS FORCE; GRAVITY WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SURF ZONE; VELOCITY PROFILE; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER DEPTH; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE VELOCITY;

MARTHA'S VINEYARD; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65549128142     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3986.1     Document Type: Article

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