Dynamics of rotating shallow gravity currents passing through a channel. Part II: Analysis

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2402-2416

  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

A-THERMAL; BALTIC SEA; DATA SETS; DENSITY STRUCTURES; EKMAN NUMBERS; EKMAN TRANSPORT; ENTRAINMENT PROCESS; GEOSTROPHIC TRANSPORT; GRAVITY CURRENTS; INTERFACIAL FLUIDS; INTERFACIAL SHEAR; INTERNAL DYNAMICS; KEY COMPONENT; MICROSTRUCTURE MEASUREMENTS; RECIRCULATIONS; ROTATIONAL EFFECTS; THEORETICAL MODELS; THREE-LAYER STRUCTURES; TRANSVERSE JET; TRANSVERSE VELOCITY;

FRICTION; GRAVITATION; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; ROTATION;

GRAVITY WAVES;

EKMAN TRANSPORT; FROUDE NUMBER; MODELING; OCEANIC CURRENT; WIND SHEAR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 73949144043     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4164.1     Document Type: Article

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