Summer circulation dynamics within the Perth coastal waters of southwestern Australia

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 77, Issue , 2014, Pages 81-95

  Ruiz Montoya, L ^a   Lowe, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alongshore pressure gradient; Coastal circulation; Momentum balance; Western Australia; Wind forcing

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CIRCULATION; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; PRESSURE GRADIENT; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS;

AUSTRALIA; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84896877826     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2014.01.022     Document Type: Article

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