Influence of bottom topography on an upwelling current: Generation of long trapped filaments

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 277-303

  Meunier, T ^a   Rossi, V ^b   Morel, Y ^c   Carton, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b LEGOS   (France)

^c Section de Géodésie Géophysique   (France)

Author keywords

Eastern boundary; Mesoscale dynamics; Potential vorticity; Topographic flows; Upwelling filaments; Upwelling downwelling

Indexed keywords

EASTERN BOUNDARY; MESOSCALE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TOPOGRAPHIC FLOWS; UPWELLING FILAMENTS; UPWELLING/DOWNWELLING;

COASTAL ZONES; TOPOGRAPHY; VORTICITY;

FILAMENTS (LAMP);

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; COASTAL CURRENT; DOWNWELLING; EDDY; MESOSCALE MOTION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; UPWELLING; WIND FORCING;

EID: 77958497496     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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