Dynamics of the summer shelf circulation and transient upwelling off Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1099-1125

  Xu, Jiangtao ^a   Lowe, Ryan J ^a   Ivey, Gregory N ^a   Pattiaratchi, Charitha ^a   Jones, Nicole L ^a   Brinkman, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS;

COMPLEX INTERACTION; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GLOBAL OCEAN MODEL; REGIONAL OCEAN MODELING SYSTEM; SHELF CIRCULATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENTS;

REEFS;

ADVECTION; COASTAL WATER; HEAT BUDGET; MESOSCALE MOTION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; REEF; REGIONAL PATTERN; SHELF SEA; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; UPWELLING; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

AUSTRALIA; NINGALOO REEF; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84878922227     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20098     Document Type: Article

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