The Gulf of Eilat/Aqaba: A natural driven cavity?

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 301-308

  Gildor, Hezi ^a   Fredj, Erick ^b   Kostinski, Alex ^c  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b JERUSALEM COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavity flow; Coherent eddy; Gulf of Eilat; HF radar

Indexed keywords

BENCH-MARK PROBLEMS; CAVITY FLOW; DRIVEN CAVITY; EFFECTS OF ROTATION; EXTERNAL CURRENTS; GEOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; HF RADARS; HIGH RESOLUTION RADAR; LID-DRIVEN CAVITIES; RED SEA; SIMPLE SHEAR; SURFACE VORTICES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; RADAR;

VORTEX FLOW;

COASTAL CIRCULATION; COASTAL WATER; EDDY; MODELING; VORTEX FLOW;

GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 77954389659     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091921003712842     Document Type: Article

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