Wind modifications to density-driven flows in semienclosed, rotating basins

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1473-1487

  Reyes Hernández, Cristóbal ^a   Valle Levinson, Arnoldo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL MAR   (Mexico)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Density currents; Estuaries; Momentum; Shear structure flows; Wind stress

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; BAROCLINIC PRESSURE; BAROTROPIC; CORIOLIS PARAMETER; DENSITY CURRENTS; DENSITY DRIVEN FLOWS; EDDY VISCOSITY; EKMAN LAYERS; EKMAN NUMBERS; EXCHANGE FLOW; LANDWARD FLOW; LATERAL STRUCTURES; NONDIMENSIONAL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PARAMETER SPACES; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SEA SURFACE SLOPE; SHEAR STRUCTURE/FLOWS; STRESS VARIATIONS; SURFACE TRAPPING; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WATER DENSITY; WATER DEPTH; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND FORCING; WIND SPEED; WIND-DRIVEN FLOWS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHARGE TRAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTUARIES; FLOW STRUCTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKED BEDS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; ROTATION; SHEAR FLOW; WIND STRESS;

WIND;

DENSITY CURRENT; EKMAN LAYER; ESTUARY; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR FLOW; WIND DIRECTION; WIND STRESS; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

EID: 78049270399     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4230.1     Document Type: Article

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