Disruption of a cyclonic eddy circulation by wind stress in Prince William Sound, Alaska

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Halverson, Mark J ^a   Carter Ohlmann, J ^b   Johnson, Mark A ^c   Scott Pegau, W ^d  

^a PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d Oil Spill Recovery Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Prince William Sound; Semi enclosed sea circulation; Sound Predictions; Surface circulation

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTICYCLONE; EDDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW PATTERN; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HYDROGRAPHY; PREDICTION; WATER COLUMN; WATER FLOW; WIND STRESS;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880739399     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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