Time-varying across-shelf Ekman transport and vertical Eddy viscosity on the inner shelf

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 602-620

  Kirincich, Anthony R ^a,b   Barth, John A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY STRATIFICATION; DOWN-WELLING; DYNAMIC RANGE; ECOLOGICAL PROCESS; EDDY VISCOSITY; EKMAN TRANSPORT; INVERSE CALCULATION; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE LAYERS; TIME VARIABILITY; TIME VARYING; TIME-SCALE; TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY; TURBULENT DIFFUSION; VELOCITY PROFILES; VERTICAL EDDY VISCOSITIES; WATER DEPTH; WATER MASS; WIND FORCING;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WIND;

VISCOSITY;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DOWNWELLING; EDDY; EKMAN TRANSPORT; STRATIFICATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UPWELLING; VELOCITY PROFILE; VISCOSITY; WATER MASS; WIND FORCING;

OREGON SHELF; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 67649979719     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3969.1     Document Type: Article

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