A three-dimensional model study of warm core ring interaction with continental shelf and slope

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1635-1642

  Wei, Jun ^a   Wang, Dong Ping ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

4520 Oceanography: Physical: Eddies and mesoscale processes; 4528 Oceanography: Physical: Fronts and jets; 4576 Oceanography: Physical: Western boundary currents; Anticyclone; Cyclone; Frontal instability; Warm core rings

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CYCLONE; MESOSCALE EDDY; SHELF BREAK; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WARM WATER; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT;

EID: 67549139860     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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