A numerical study of sea-breeze-driven ocean poincare wave propagation and mixing near the critical latitude

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-66

  Zhang, Xiaoqian ^a   Smith, David C ^a   Dimarco, Steven F ^a   Hetland, Robert D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL LATITUDE; ENERGY FLUXES; ENERGY INPUTS; GROUP SPEED; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OCEAN MODEL; OCEAN RESPONSE; OCEANIC RESPONSE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; POINCARE; SEA BREEZE; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; VERTICAL MIXING; WAVE RESPONSE;

MIXING; OCEANOGRAPHY; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND POWER;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COASTAL ZONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONVERGENCE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY FLUX; INERTIA; INTERNAL WAVE; MIXING RATIO; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN WAVE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SEA BREEZE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VERTICAL MIXING; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND FORCING; WIND WAVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953269079     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4216.1     Document Type: Article

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