Residual circulation and stratification in the Liverpool Bay region of freshwater influence

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 765-779

  Verspecht, Florence ^a   Rippeth, Tom P ^a   Simpson, John H ^a   Souza, Alejandro J ^b   Burchard, Hans ^c   Howarth, M John ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Liverpool Bay; Residual circulation; ROFI; Stratification; Tidal straining; Wind straining

Indexed keywords

LIVERPOOL BAY; RESIDUAL CIRCULATION; ROFI; STRATIFICATION; TIDAL STRAINING;

DOPPLER EFFECT; TIME MEASUREMENT; WATER ANALYSIS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; EDDY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RICHARDSON NUMBER; STRATIFICATION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FORCING; WIND PROFILE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LIVERPOOL BAY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449100748     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-009-0233-2     Document Type: Article

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