Generation and evolution of a topographically linked, mesoscale eddy under steady and variable wind-forcing

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1387-1402

  MacFadyen, Amoreena ^a   Hickey Barbara M , B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

California Current System; Flow topography interactions; Juan de Fuca Eddy; Mesoscale eddy dynamics; Northeast Pacific; Numerical circulation modeling

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; CANYON; COASTAL ZONE; MESOSCALE EDDY; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUMMER; TIMESCALE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; UPWELLING; WIND FORCING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; CANADA; CAPE FLATTERY; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; VANCOUVER ISLAND; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 77954620492     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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