Modifications of coastal currents and upwelling by offshore variations in wind stress
By: J. A. Johnson
Abstract
Bang & Andrews (1974) have observed that the longshore component of wind stress has a significant maximum just offshore of the coast. In this barotropic model it is shown that this distribution of wind stress produces a broader coastal current and a broader region of upwelling than a uniform wind stress. However the net transport in the current depends only on the value of the wind stress at the seaward edge of the shelf boundary layer.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v28i3.10287 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 254 - 260
Submitted on: Jun 23, 1975
Published on: Jan 1, 1976
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1976 J. A. Johnson, published by Stockholm University Press
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