Poleward flows in the southern California Current System: Glider observations and numerical simulation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Todd, Robert E ^a   Rudnick, Daniel L ^a   Mazloff, Matthew R ^a   Davis, Russ E ^a   Cornuelle, Bruce D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLIDERS; OCEAN HABITATS; SURVEYS; WIND STRESS;

BAROCLINIC; DENSITY ANOMALIES; FLOW TURNING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OCEAN STATE; PHASE SPEED; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT; SUMMER UPWELLING; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; UPPER OCEAN; WAVE NUMBERS; WIND STRESS CURL;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLAR FRONT; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; UPPER OCEAN; UPWELLING; WIND STRESS;

CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; POINT CONCEPTION; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951939000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006536     Document Type: Article

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