Cross-shelf transport into nearshore waters due to shoaling internal tides in San Pedro Bay, CA

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1768-1785

  Noble, Marlene ^a   Jones, Burt ^b   Hamilton, Peter ^c   Xu, Jingping ^a   Robertson, George ^d   Rosenfeld, Leslie ^e   Largier, John ^f  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT   (United States)

^e NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental shelf processes; Cross shelf transport; Internal tides; Nonlinear internal waves; San Pedro Shelf; Stratification; USA

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BACTERIUM; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DISSOLVED MATTER; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; INTERNAL TIDE; MOORING SYSTEM; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NONLINEAR WAVE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEMIDIURNAL TIDE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATIFICATION; SURF ZONE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIDAL CURRENT; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN PEDRO BAY; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 69349104476     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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