Surface frontogenesis and thermohaline intrusion in a shelfbreak front

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 161-170

  Wang, Dong Ping ^a   Jordi, Antoni ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Frontogenesis; Geostrophic turbulence; Shelfbreak jet

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC EDDY; DENSITY-COMPENSATED TEMPERATURES; EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; EQUATION MODELS; FRONTOGENESIS; GEOSTROPHIC TURBULENCE; MODEL RESULTS; ROSSBY NUMBERS; SALT FLUX; SHELF WATERS; SHELFBREAK FRONT; SHELFBREAK JET; SLOPE WATERS; SUB-MESOSCALE EDDIES; THERMOHALINE INTRUSION; WAVE CREST; WAVE NUMBERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; KINETIC ENERGY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

FRONTOGENESIS; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; JET FLOW; KINETIC ENERGY; ROSSBY NUMBER; SALINITY; SHELF BREAK FRONT; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TURBULENCE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT;

EID: 79954427752     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2011.02.012     Document Type: Article

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