Wind-induced interannual variability of sea level slope, along-shelf flow, and surface salinity on the Northwest Atlantic shelf

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2462-2479

  Li, Yun ^a,b   Ji, Rubao ^b   Fratantoni, Paula S ^a   Chen, Changsheng ^c   Hare, Jonathan A ^a   Davis, Cabell S ^b   Beardsley, Robert C ^b  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

flow; interannual variability; Northwest Atlantic shelf; salinity; sea level; wind

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; WIND; WIND STRESS;

FLOW; HYDRODYNAMIC RESPONSE; HYDROGRAPHIC PROPERTIES; INTERANNUAL TIME SCALE; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NORTHWEST ATLANTIC; SALINITY; SURFACE SALINITY DISTRIBUTION;

SEA LEVEL;

ADVECTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; HYDROGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE; NEWFOUNDLAND SHELF; SCOTIA SHELF;

EID: 84900522223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009385     Document Type: Article

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