A numerical study of the Southwestern Atlantic Shelf circulation: Barotropic response to tidal and wind forcing

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Palma, Elbio D ^a,b   Matano, Ricardo P ^c   Piola, Alberto R ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Argentina)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Servicio de Hidrografia Naval   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Numerical modeling; Shelf circulation; Tidal and wind forcing

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC MOTION; CIRCULATION MODELING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 7244247238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002315     Document Type: Article

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