Dynamics of the Leeuwin Current: Part 1. Coastal flows in an inviscid, variable-density, layer model

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 24-59

  Furue, Ryo ^a   McCreary, Julian P ^a   Benthuysen, Jessica ^b,c,d   Phillips, Helen E ^d   Bindoff, Nathaniel L ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analytical model; Beta effect; Leeuwin Current; Slope currents; Thermohaline forcing

Indexed keywords

BETA-EFFECTS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; INDONESIAN THROUGHFLOW; LEEUWIN CURRENT; SEMI-INFINITE DOMAINS; SLOPE CURRENTS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; THERMOHALINE;

ADVECTION; ANALYTICAL MODELS; STREAM FLOW; WIND STRESS;

FLOW FIELDS;

ADVECTION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DENSITY CURRENT; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CURRENT; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; THERMOCLINE; THROUGHFLOW; WIND STRESS;

EID: 84876737332     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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