Energetics of barotropic and baroclinic tides in the Monterey Bay area

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 272-290

  Kang, Dujuan ^a   Fringer, Oliver ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroclinic flows; Barotropic flows; Internal waves; Nonhydrostatic models; Numerical analysis modeling; Ocean models

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC FLOWS; BAROTROPIC; INTERNAL WAVES; NONHYDROSTATIC MODEL; OCEAN MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OCEAN HABITATS; TIDES;

TIDAL POWER;

BAROTROPIC TIDE; ENERGY FLUX; INTERNAL TIDE; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL ENERGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857731878     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-039.1     Document Type: Article

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