Properties of red sea coastal currents

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 78, Issue , 2014, Pages 51-61

  Churchill, J H ^a   Lentz, S J ^a   Farrar, J T ^a   Abualnaja, Y ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Basin shelf interaction; Coastal flows; Red Sea

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CURRENT; COASTAL ZONE; CORRELATION; DOWNWELLING; EDDY; FLOW VELOCITY; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; SURFACE WIND; TIDAL CURRENT; UPWELLING; WIND STRESS;

INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84895810577     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2014.01.025     Document Type: Article

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