On the factors influencing the development of sporadic upwelling in the Leeuwin Current system

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3608-3621

  Rossi, Vincent ^a   Feng, Ming ^b   Pattiaratchi, Charitha ^c   Roughan, Moninya ^a   Waite, Anya M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ekman transport; geostrophic limitation; Leeuwin Current; seasonal variability; sporadic upwelling; upwelling index

Indexed keywords

EKMAN TRANSPORT; GEOSTROPHIC LIMITATION; LEEUWIN CURRENT; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SPORADIC UPWELLING; UPWELLING INDICES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EKMAN LAYER; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHY; UPWELLING;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; LEEUWIN CURRENT; NINGALOO MARINE PARK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84885116990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20242     Document Type: Article

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