Are mesoscale eddies in shelf seas formed by baroclinic instability of tidal fronts?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Badin, G ^a   Williams, R G ^a   Holt, J T ^b   Fernand, L J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; KINETIC ENERGY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; STABILITY; STREAM FLOW; VORTICITY;

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; BAROCLINIC EDDY; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; CONDUCTIVITY-TEMPERATURE-DEPTH DATUM; CTD PROFILES; EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; EDDY-PERMITTING MODEL; FRONTAL SYSTEM; HIGH RESOLUTION; INSTABILITY ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE EDDY; NORTH SEA; NUMERICAL MODELS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SHELF SEAS; SMALL SIZE; STABILITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE MIXED LAYERS; TIDAL MIXING; WEATHER SYSTEMS; WIND ENERGY;

WIND POWER;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; DRIFTER; ESTUARINE FRONT; KINETIC ENERGY; MESOSCALE EDDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHELF SEA; VORTICITY;

EID: 76449121071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005340     Document Type: Article

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