Sub-inertial characteristics of the surface flow field over the shelf of the central Mid-Atlantic Bight

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1873-1886

  Dzwonkowski, Brian ^a   Kohut, Josh T ^b   Yan, Xiao Hai ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Correlation scales; HF radar; Mid Atlantic Bight; Surface currents; Surface velocity

Indexed keywords

FLOW FIELD; FLOW STRUCTURE; RADAR; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACE FLUX; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DELAWARE BAY; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT; NEW JERSEY SHELF; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69249202381     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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