Transport through prince william sound: Numerical study in a nowcast/forecast system

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 449-462

  Wu, Xinglong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroclinic transport; Geostrophic flow; Prince William Sound; Volume transport

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MEAN; BAROCLINIC TRANSPORT; BAROTROPIC; BOTTOM LAYERS; COHERENCE FUNCTION; EXCHANGE FLOW; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; INTERMEDIATE LAYERS; LOW FREQUENCY; NOWCAST; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SIMULATED DATA; THREE-LAYER; TIME-RATE; TRANSITION BANDS; TRANSITION FREQUENCIES; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

FREQUENCY BANDS; SEA LEVEL; TIME SERIES;

BUOYANCY;

BAROTROPIC TIDE; BUOYANCY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; INTERNAL TIDE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955881890     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-010-0372-5     Document Type: Article

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