Coastal upwelling in the South Atlantic Bight: A revisit of the 2003 cold event using long term observations and model hindcast solutions

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Hyun, Kyung Hoon ^a   He, Ruoying ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf stream; Observation and modeling; South Atlantic Bight coastal circulation

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER; BUOY OBSERVATIONS; COASTAL UPWELLING; GULF STREAM; HINDCASTS; IN-SITU; LARGE SCALE DATA; LONG TERM OBSERVATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL FORCING; MODEL ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICAN; OBSERVATION AND MODELING; OCEAN CIRCULATION; REANALYSIS; REGIONAL CIRCULATION MODELS; RIVER RUNOFFS; SHELF BREAK; SHELF WATERS; SOUTH ATLANTIC; UPWELLING INDICES; WIND FIELD;

HYDRAULICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

RIVERS;

CIRCULATION MODELING; CLIMATE FORCING; COASTAL CIRCULATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA ASSIMILATION; HINDCASTING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODEL TEST; RECONSTRUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHELF BREAK; UPWELLING; WAKE; WATER TEMPERATURE; WIND FIELD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM; SOUTH ATLANTIC BIGHT;

EID: 77956495242     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2010.05.014     Document Type: Article

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