The effects of tides and oscillatory winds on the subtidal inner-shelf cross-shelf circulation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 775-788

  Castelao, Renato ^a   Chant, Robert ^b   Glenn, Scott ^b   Schofield, Oscar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; BOTTOM WATER; CROSS-SHELF CIRCULATION; DENSE WATERS; DOWN-WELLING; EAST COAST; EDDY VISCOSITY COEFFICIENTS; FLUCTUATING WIND; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LOW FREQUENCY; OFFSHORE WATER; RESIDENCE TIME; SHELF CIRCULATION; SURFACE WINDS; TIDAL FORCING; TWO DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS; WIND FORCING;

EDDY CURRENTS; TIDES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

WIND;

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; OCEAN TIDE; OCEANIC CURRENT; RESIDENCE TIME; STRATIFICATION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; UPWELLING; WIND FORCING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT; SOUTH ATLANTIC BIGHT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953275299     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4273.1     Document Type: Article

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