Momentum balances on the inner continental shelf at Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Fewings, Melanie R ^a,b   Lentz, Steven J ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; SEA LEVEL; WAVES; WIND STRESS;

BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYER; BOTTOM STRESS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CORIOLIS ACCELERATION; GEOSTROPHIC BALANCE; MARTHA'S VINEYARD COASTAL OBSERVATORIES; MOMENTUM BALANCES; MOMENTUM BUDGET; SET-DOWN; SPATIAL SCALE; STEADY MODEL; STRONG CORRELATION; SURFACE GRAVITY WAVES; SURFACE WIND STRESS; WATER DEPTH; WATER VELOCITIES; WAVE RADIATION STRESS; WIND FORCING;

PRESSURE GRADIENT;

ACCELERATION; ARRAY; BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRAVITY WAVE; MOMENTUM; MOORING SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RADIATION BALANCE; SEA LEVEL; SHOALING WAVE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VELOCITY; WATER DEPTH; WIND VELOCITY;

MARTHA'S VINEYARD; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650267229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005578     Document Type: Article

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