Exact solutions of wind-driven coastal upwelling and downwelling over sloping topography

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1277-1296

  Choboter, P F ^a   Duke, Dana ^a   Horton, J P ^a   Sinz, Paul ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ekman pumping transport; Momentum; Topographic effects; Upwelling downwelling; Wind effects

Indexed keywords

COASTAL UPWELLING; DOWN-WELLING; DYNAMICAL MODEL; EKMAN LAYERS; EKMAN PUMPING; EXACT SOLUTION; FUNCTION OF TIME; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; OCEAN MODEL; PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; THERMAL WINDS; TIME-DEPENDENT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS; TOPOGRAPHIC PROFILES; TOPOGRAPHIC SLOPE; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL; TWO-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY; UPWELLING/DOWNWELLING; VERTICAL DIRECTION;

INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WIND EFFECTS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

COASTAL CIRCULATION; DOWNWELLING; EKMAN LAYER; EKMAN PUMPING; MOMENTUM; SLOPE ANGLE; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPWELLING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 80051819344     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JPO4527.1     Document Type: Article

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