Dynamics of the Leeuwin Current: Part 2. Impacts of mixing, friction, and advection on a buoyancy-driven eastern boundary current over a shelf

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 39-63

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

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^f ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eastern boundary currents; Fronts; Leeuwin Current

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; BUOYANCY; DIFFUSION; DRAG; MECHANICAL WAVES; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DENSITY STRUCTURES; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; FRONTS; LEEUWIN CURRENT; REGIONAL OCEAN MODELING; SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN; VERTICAL DIFFUSION;

MIXING;

ADVECTION; BUOYANCY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; EKMAN TRANSPORT; KELVIN WAVE; SHELF BREAK; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH); WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84888043366     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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