Response of a large stratified estuary to wind events: Observations, simulations, and theory for long island sound

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1308-1327

  Whitney, Michael M ^a   Codiga, Daniel L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC SOLUTION; BAROCLINIC PRESSURE; BAROTROPIC; CROSS SECTION; EDDY VISCOSITY; LATERAL ALIGNMENT; MACROTIDAL ESTUARIES; SIMULATION RESULT; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STATISTICAL MEASURES; WIND EVENTS;

PRESSURE GRADIENT; WIND;

ESTUARIES;

ADVECTION; BAROCLINIC MOTION; BAROTROPIC WAVE; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRESSURE GRADIENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRATIFICATION; WIND FIELD; WIND FORCING;

LONG ISLAND SOUND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051812188     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JPO4552.1     Document Type: Article

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