On the response of a turbulent coastal buoyant current to wind events: The case of the Western Adriatic Current

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-122

  Magaldi, Marcello G ^a,b   Özgökmen, Tamay M ^b   Griffa, Annalisa ^b,c   Rixen, Michel ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Cape; Gargano Promontory; Instabilities; Mesoscale variability; Mixing; Transport; Western Adriatic Current

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC; ADRIATIC SEA; CAPE; DOWN-WELLING; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; MERIDIONAL TRANSPORT; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE VARIABILITY; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PO RIVER; SURFACE CURRENT; TURBULENT REGIME; WIND CONDITIONS; WIND EVENTS; WIND FORCING;

BUOYANCY; LANDFORMS; MIXING;

WIND;

COASTAL CURRENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; INSTABILITY; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; RESOLUTION; SALINITY; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT MIXING; WIND FORCING;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77649236682     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-009-0247-9     Document Type: Article

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