Generation of bulk shear spikes in shallow stratified tidal seas

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 969-985

  Burchard, Hans ^a,b   Rippeth, Tom P ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFACIAL STRESS; MARGINAL STABILITY; MICROSTRUCTURE MEASUREMENTS; MOMENTUM EQUATION; NORTH SEA; SEA BED; SHEAR INSTABILITY; SHELF SEAS; SPIKE GENERATION; TIDAL CONDITIONS; TIME-SCALE; TWO LAYER MODEL; TWO LAYERS; TWO-LAYER STRUCTURES; WATER COLUMNS; WIND EVENTS;

WIND STRESS;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; BOUNDARY LAYER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MIXING; NUMERICAL METHOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHELF SEA; STRATIFICATION; THERMOCLINE; TIDAL MODELING; WATER COLUMN; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 67549095679     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO4074.1     Document Type: Article

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