Observations of the velocity profile of a fast and deep oceanic density current constrained in a gully

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Sherwin, Toby J ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PROJECTILES; VISCOSITY;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS; BOTTOM WATER; CORIOLIS; DENSITY CURRENTS; EDDY VISCOSITY; EKMAN LAYERS; MAXIMUM SPEED; MOMENTUM BALANCES; NET PRESSURE; ORDER 2; PEAK VELOCITIES; RETURN FLOW; SURFACE SLOPE; THOMSON; TRANSVERSE CURRENTS; TRANSVERSE PRESSURE; VELOCITY PROFILES; VERTICAL EDDY VISCOSITIES;

VELOCITY;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CORIOLIS FORCE; CURRENT VELOCITY; DEEP SEA; EKMAN LAYER; GULLY; MOMENTUM; OVERTURN; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEAFLOOR; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 77953588742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005557     Document Type: Article

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