Horizontal advection and dispersion in a stratified shelf sea: The role of inertial oscillations

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-36

  Inall, Mark E ^a   Aleynik, Dmitry ^a   Neil, Clare ^b  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAPYCNAL DIFFUSIVITY; HORIZONTAL ADVECTION; INERTIAL MOTIONS; INERTIAL OSCILLATION; ISOPYCNAL SURFACES; SHEAR DISPERSION; TIME-DEPENDENT MODELS; VERTICAL DIFFUSIVITY;

ADVECTION; DIFFUSION; OCEANOGRAPHY; OSCILLATING FLOW; SHEAR FLOW; STREAM FLOW;

DISPERSIONS;

ADVECTION; ASYMMETRY; DIFFUSIVITY; DISPERSION; DYE TRACER; EKMAN LAYER; MICROSTRUCTURE; RESIDUAL FLOW; SHELF SEA; THERMOCLINE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CELTIC SEA;

EID: 84885380848     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.06.008     Document Type: Article

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