Periodic wind-driven circulation in an elongated and rotating basin

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2043-2058

  Ponte, Aurélien L ^a  

^a INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ekman pumping transport; Estuaries; Resonance; Seas gulfs bays; Shear structure flows; Wind stress

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION CONTROL; COASTAL BASINS; EKMAN PUMPING/TRANSPORT; EKMAN TRANSPORT; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; IDEALIZED MODELS; INERTIAL FREQUENCY; IRROTATIONAL; NEAR-SURFACE; QUASI-STEADY; RESONANT RESPONSE; RETURN FLOW; SEAS/GULFS/BAYS; SHEAR STRUCTURE/FLOWS; SLOW GROWTH; SPIN-UP; SUB-INERTIAL FREQUENCIES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL RESPONSE; TIME DOMAIN; VERTICAL SHEAR; WIND FORCES; WIND FORCING FREQUENCY; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ESTUARIES; RESONANCE; SEA LEVEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WIND STRESS;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

EKMAN PUMPING; EKMAN TRANSPORT; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR FLOW; WIND STRESS; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 78049268539     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4235.1     Document Type: Article

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