Estimation of shelf-slope exchanges induced by frontal instability near submarine canyons

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Jordi, A ^a   Klinck, J M ^b   Basterretxea, G ^c   Orfila, A ^c   Tintare J ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECISION ENGINEERING; SIMULATORS; SUBMARINES;

A-DENSITY; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; BREAKING WAVES; COASTAL OCEAN MODEL; GEOSTROPHIC BALANCE; OPEN OCEAN; PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; RELATIVE POSITIONS; SHELF BREAK; SHELF-SLOPE EXCHANGES; SMALL PERTURBATIONS; SUBMARINE CANYON; UNSTABLE WAVES; USE-MODEL; VERTICAL MOTIONS;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

COASTAL ZONE; DENSITY FRONT; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; PERTURBATION; SUBMARINE CANYON; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; WATER EXCHANGE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 69049098062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004207     Document Type: Article

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