Near-resonant ocean response to sea breeze on a stratified continental shelf

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2137-2155

  Zhang, Xiaoqian ^a   Dimarco, Steven F ^a   Smith IV, David C ^a   Howard, Matthew K ^a   Jochens, Ann E ^a   Hetland, Robert D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC; BULK RICHARDSON NUMBER; COASTAL OCEAN; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; FORCING FREQUENCIES; GULF OF MEXICO; HYPOXIC WATER; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; MIXED LAYER; MODAL STRUCTURES; OCEAN RESPONSE; OCEANIC RESPONSE; PHASE PROPAGATION; POTENTIAL MECHANISM; RESONANT CONDITION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEA-BREEZE; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; STRONG STRATIFICATION; STUDY AREAS; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; VARIABLE PHASE; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND MEASUREMENT;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DIURNAL VARIATION; MIXED LAYER; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SEA BREEZE; STRATIFICATION; VERTICAL MIXING; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73449146027     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4054.1     Document Type: Article

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