Wind-driven subinertial circulation inside a semienclosed bay in the gulf of california

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 940-955

  Ponte, A L ^a   De Velasco, G Gutiérrez ^b   Valle Levinson, A ^c   Winters, K B ^a   Winant, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION OF MOMENTUM; CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL AXIS; DENSITY FLUCTUATION; EASTERN SIDE; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; ME-XICO; RETURN FLOW; SEA SURFACES; SPATIAL INHOMOGENEITIES; THEORETICAL MODELS; WESTERN SIDE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

WIND STRESS;

CIRCULATION MODELING; EKMAN TRANSPORT; FLOW PATTERN; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEA SURFACE; THEORETICAL STUDY; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; CONCEPCION BAY [BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR]; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84864524198     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-0103.1     Document Type: Article

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