Dynamics of rotating shallow gravity currents passing through a channel. Part I: Observation of transverse structure

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2385-2401

  Umlauf, Lars ^a   Arneborg, Lars ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; BOTTOM STRESS; DATA SETS; DENSITY STRUCTURES; EKMAN LAYERS; ENTRAINMENT RATES; GRAVITY CURRENTS; INTERNAL WAVE EFFECTS; LOW-FREQUENCY MOTION; QUASI-STATIONARY; ROTATIONAL EFFECTS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TRANSVERSE DENSITY; TRANSVERSE VARIATIONS; TURBULENCE PARAMETERS;

GRAVITY WAVES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

GRAVITATION;

BOTTOM STRESS; CURRENT VELOCITY; OCEANIC CURRENT; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 73949123801     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4159.1     Document Type: Article

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