Complex mean circulation over the inner shelf south of Martha's Vineyard revealed by observations and a high-resolution model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Ganju, Neil K ^a   Lentz, Steven J ^b   Kirincich, Anthony R ^b   Farrar, J Thomas ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; OCEAN CURRENTS;

BAROCLINIC FORCING; BATHYMETRIC FEATURES; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; COUNTER-CLOCKWISE; FRICTIONAL LOSS; GENERATION MECHANISM; GRID RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; HORIZONTAL ADVECTION; MARTHA'S VINEYARD COASTAL OBSERVATORIES; MODEL RESOLUTION; MODEL SKILL; MODELING DATA; MODELING STUDIES; MOMENTUM BALANCES; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; SHORT DISTANCES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SURFACE RADAR; TIDAL CURRENTS;

BATHYMETRY;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; BAROCLINIC MOTION; BATHYMETRY; GYRE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; OBSERVATORY; OSCILLATING FLOW; RADAR; SHELF BREAK; TIDAL CURRENT;

MARTHA'S VINEYARD; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80455130920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007035     Document Type: Article

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