Multiscale processes and nonlinear dynamics of the circulation and upwelling events off Monterey Bay

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 290-313

  Liang, X San ^a,b   Robinson, Allan R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS OCEAN SAMPLING NETWORKS; CALIFORNIA; COASTAL REGIONS; COASTAL-TRAPPED WAVE; COMPLEX PROCESSES; COMPLEX SURFACE; DISPERSION PROPERTIES; HYDRODYNAMIC INSTABILITIES; LAYER FLOW; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE STRUCTURE; MIXED TYPE; MONTEREY BAY; MULTI-SCALE DYNAMICS; MULTISCALE ENERGY; MULTISCALE PROCESS; NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS; NONLINEAR INSTABILITY; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; SECONDARY INSTABILITY; SURFACE LAYERS; UPPER LAYER; VORTICITY ANALYSIS;

COASTAL ZONES; FLUID DYNAMICS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STABILITY; WIND POWER;

WINDOWS;

DISPERSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; THERMOCLINE; UPWELLING; VORTICITY; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65649125287     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3950.1     Document Type: Article

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