The propagating response of coastal circulation due to wind relaxations along the central California coast

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Washburn, Libe ^a   Fewings, Melanie R ^a   Melton, Christopher ^a   Gotschalk, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUOYANCY; COASTAL ENGINEERING; MOORING; SURFACE WATERS; TIME SERIES;

ALONGSHORE FLOW; AMBIENT WATERS; BAROCLINIC PRESSURE; BOTTOM FRICTION; BUOYANT FLOW; CALIFORNIA; CHESAPEAKE BAY; COASTAL CIRCULATION; ENSEMBLE AVERAGES; HIGH-FREQUENCY RADAR; LABORATORY WORK; PROPAGATION SPEED; SANTA BARBARA CHANNELS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SURFACE CURRENT; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; WARM FRONTS; WARM WATER; WATER COLUMNS;

SPEED;

ADVECTION; COASTAL CIRCULATION; DENSITY FRONT; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLOW VELOCITY; RADAR IMAGERY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; UPWELLING; WARM WATER; WIND FORCING;

CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; POINT CONCEPTION; SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84055176321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007502     Document Type: Article

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