Poleward coastal jets induced by westerlies in the Bay of Biscay

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Batifoulier, Francois ^a,b   Lazure, Pascal ^a   Bonneton, Philippe ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; FLUID DYNAMICS; PHASE VELOCITY;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; BAROCLINIC; BAY OF BISCAY; BOTTOM TEMPERATURE; COASTAL JETS; COASTAL-TRAPPED WAVE; CROSS-SHORE WINDS; DOWN-WELLING; DRIFT BUOY; HIGH-SPEED; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; KELVIN WAVES; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SPANISH COASTS; TRIGGERING MECHANISM; WIND STRENGTH;

OCEAN STRUCTURES;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; BAROCLINIC MOTION; BATHYMETRY; BUOY SYSTEM; HYDRODYNAMICS; KELVIN WAVE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WESTERLY; WIND STRESS; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

AQUITAINE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; FRANCE;

EID: 84858828828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007658     Document Type: Article

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