Storms modify baroclinic energy fluxes in a seasonally stratified shelf sea: Inertial-tidal interaction

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 6863-6883

  Hopkins, Joanne E ^a   Stephenson, Gordon R ^b   Green, J A M ^b   Inall, Mark E ^c   Palmer, Matthew R ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; ENERGY FLUX; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOORING SYSTEM; NONLINEARITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; STORM; STRATIFIED FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CELTIC SEA;

EID: 84915820577     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010011     Document Type: Article

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