A nested grid model of the Oregon Coastal Transition Zone: Simulations and comparisons with observations during the 2001 upwelling season

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Springer, S R ^a,b   Samelson, R M ^a   Allen, J S ^a   Egbert, G D ^a   Kurapov, A L ^a   Miller, R N ^a   Kindle, J C ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EARTH AND SPACE RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JETS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; REMOTE SENSING; SEA LEVEL; WATER ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; CALIFORNIA CURRENT SYSTEMS; COASTAL SEA LEVEL; COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; EDDY FORMATION; ENSEMBLE SIMULATION; FAR NORTH; IN-SITU; JET SEPARATION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LARGE EDDY; MODEL RESULTS; NESTED GRID MODELS; OCEAN MODEL; OREGON COAST; REGIONAL MODEL; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; SCALE MODELS; TRANSITION ZONES; WATER PARCEL; WIND FORCING;

SIMULATORS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY CONDITION; COASTAL ZONE; EDDY; SEA LEVEL; SURFACE WATER; TRANSITION ZONE; UPWELLING; WIND FORCING;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66149170111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004863     Document Type: Article

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