Coastal upwelling, circulation and heat balance around New Caledonia's barrier reef

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 61, Issue 7-12, 2010, Pages 432-448

  Marchesiello, Patrick ^a,b   Lefèvre, Jérôme ^a,b   Vega, Andres ^a,b   Couvelard, Xavier ^a,b   Menkes, Christophe ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Coastal upwelling; New Caledonia; Regional ocean circulation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL UPWELLING; COOLING EFFECTS; COUNTER CURRENT; DYNAMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS; HEAT BALANCE; HEAT BUDGET; LEEUWIN CURRENT; NEW CALEDONIA; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OCEAN CIRCULATION; SHARP CONTRAST; SURFACE COOLING; WARM WATER; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WESTERN BOUNDARY;

ADVECTION; OCEAN CURRENTS; REEFS; SURFACE WATERS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

ADVECTION; BARRIER REEF; COASTAL CIRCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE; COOLING; EKMAN TRANSPORT; HEAT BALANCE; LONGSHORE CURRENT; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; UPWELLING;

ADVECTION; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; COOLING; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEAT SENSITIVITY; NEW CALEDONIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWATER UPWELLING; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THEORY VALIDATION; THERMODYNAMICS; TOPOGRAPHY; TROPIC CLIMATE; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATER TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOT TEMPERATURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW CALEDONIA; SEASONS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WIND;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA];

EID: 77956009844     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.06.043     Document Type: Article

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