Seasonal circulation and temperature variability near the North West Cape of Australia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Lowe, Ryan J ^a   Ivey, Gregory N ^a   Brinkman, Richard M ^b   Jones, Nicole L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REEFS;

ALONGSHORE CURRENT; ALONGSHORE FLOW; AUSTRALIA; COUNTER-FLOWS; CURRENT FLUCTUATIONS; CURRENT PROFILE; FIELD DATA; LEEUWIN CURRENT; SHELF WATERS; TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY; TIME-SCALES; WIND EVENTS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; MOORING SYSTEM; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE INVERSION; WIND FORCING;

AUSTRALIA; NINGALOO REEF; NORTH WEST CAPE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84859699200     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007653     Document Type: Article

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