Influence of wind stress and discharge on the mean and seasonal currents on the Alabama shelf of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Dzwonkowski, Brian ^a   Park, Kyeong ^a,b  

^a DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); TIME SERIES; WIND STRESS;

ALABAMA; BAROTROPIC PRESSURE GRADIENT; BASIN SCALE; CURRENT VELOCITY; DEPTH-AVERAGED VELOCITIES; FORCING FUNCTION; FRESHWATER DISCHARGE; LONG TERM RECORDS; MAXIMUM FLOWS; MEAN CURRENTS; MEAN FLOW; NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO; SEASONAL EFFECTS; SEASONAL WIND; SURFACE FLOW; VERTICAL PROFILE; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENTS;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BAROTROPIC MOTION; CURRENT VELOCITY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES; WIND STRESS; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ALABAMA SHELF; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 78650448076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006449     Document Type: Article

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