Diurnal sea breeze effects on inner-shelf cross-shore exchange

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 2195-2206

  Hendrickson, John ^a   MacMahan, Jamie ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross shore exchange; Inner shelf; Sea breeze; Stokes drift; Vertical profiles; Waves

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; OCEAN WAVE; SEA BREEZE; SEASONALITY; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER DEPTH;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349850637     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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