Flow and mixing in Juan de Fuca Canyon, Washington

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1608-1615

  Alford, Matthew H ^a,b   Maccready, Parker ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

coastal; hydraulics; internal waves; mixing

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; HYDRAULICS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

COASTAL; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; ESTUARINE SYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC CONTROL; INTERNAL HYDRAULIC; INTERNAL WAVES; MOMENTUM BALANCES; WATER-MASS PROPERTIES;

MIXING;

CANYON; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; INTERNAL WAVE; LEE WAVE; MIXING; SHELF BREAK; SILL; TIDAL MODELING; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER MASS;

JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SALISH SEA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84894594623     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058967     Document Type: Article

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