Synoptic measurements of episodic offshore flow events in the central mid-Atlantic Bight

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1373-1386

  Dzwonkowski, Brian ^a   Lipphardt, B L ^b   Kohut, Josh T ^c   Yan, Xiao Hai ^b,d   Garvine, Richard W ^b  

^a DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Across shelf flow; HF radar; Middle Atlantic Bight; Surface currents; Surface velocity

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; CURRENT VELOCITY; FLOW PATTERN; RADAR; SHELF DYNAMICS; SURFACE WAVE; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT;

EID: 77955558715     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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