A continental shelf scale examination of the Leeuwin Current off Western Australia during the austral autumn-winter

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 1858-1868

  Weller, Evan ^a,b   Holliday, David ^c   Feng, Ming ^a,b   Beckley, Lynnath ^c   Thompson, Peter ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Wealth from Oceans   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamic model; Indian Ocean; Leeuwin Current; Ocean circulation

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HEAT FLUX; HYDRODYNAMICS; LATITUDE; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELF BREAK; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SURFACE WATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VELOCITY; WATER COLUMN;

INDIAN OCEAN; LEEUWIN CURRENT;

EID: 80053978913     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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