Cross-Shelf and out-of-bay transport driven by an open-ocean current

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2168-2186

  Zhang, Yu ^a   Pedlosky, Joseph ^a   Flierl, Glenn R ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroclinic flows; Eddies; Fronts; Mass fluxes transport; Mesoscale processes; Topographic effects

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC FLOWS; EDDIES; FRONTS; MESOSCALE PROCESS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS;

MASS TRANSFER; OCEANOGRAPHY;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; CHANNEL FLOW; EDDY; OCEANIC CURRENT; OPEN OCEAN; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 84862936521     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-08.1     Document Type: Article

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