Turbulent bottom Ekman boundary layer measured over a continental shelf

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 15, 2010, Pages

  Yoshikawa, Y ^a   Endoh, T ^a   Matsuno, T ^a   Wagawa, T ^b   Tsutsumi, E ^c   Yoshimura, H ^d   Morii, Y ^d  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; KINETIC ENERGY; OCEAN CURRENTS;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; EAST CHINA SEA; EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; EDDY VISCOSITY; EKMAN BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLUX RICHARDSON NUMBER; TIDAL CURRENTS; TIME-AVERAGED; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

DOPPLER EFFECT;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; BUOYANCY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EDDY; EKMAN LAYER; ENERGY BUDGET; KINETIC ENERGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIDAL CURRENT; TURBULENCE; VISCOSITY;

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77955742885     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044156     Document Type: Article

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