Wave-driven inner-shelf motions on the Oregon coast

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2942-2956

  Kirincich, Anthony R ^a   Lentz, Steven J ^a   Barth, John A ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; LINEAR WAVE THEORY; OREGON COAST; RETURN FLOW; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY; VELOCITY PROFILES; VERTICAL SHEAR; WATER COLUMNS; WATER DEPTH; WAVE CONDITIONS; WAVE STRESS; WAVE-DRIVEN CIRCULATION; WIND FORCING;

DOPPLER EFFECT; LANDFORMS;

VELOCITY;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; MAGNITUDE; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; VELOCITY PROFILE; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH; WIND FORCING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73649140656     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4041.1     Document Type: Article

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