Wave-driven along-channel subtidal flows in a well-mixed ocean inlet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2987-3001

  Wargula, Anna ^a   Raubenheimer, Britt ^a   Elgar, Steve ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

currents; inlet; radiation stress; wind waves

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; WATER LEVELS; WATER WAVES;

ACCELERATION TERMS; BOTTOM STRESS; BREAKING WAVES; INLET; MOMENTUM BALANCES; RADIATION STRESS; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; WIND WAVE;

INLET FLOW;

ADVECTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NONLINEARITY; TIDAL MODELING;

EID: 84902778082     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC009839     Document Type: Article

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