Abstract
A barotropic β-plane model of unsteady coastal currents over a sloping continental shelf driven by surface winds is analysed. The equation for the alongshore velocity is solved numerically and includes the effects of Rossby, shelf and Kelvin waves. The solution is compared with observations of some upwelling events off Northwest Africa.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v32i5.10603 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 482 - 488
Submitted on: Feb 4, 1980
Accepted on: Mar 31, 1980
Published on: Jan 1, 1980
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1980 J. A. Johnson, B. A. Manja, published by Stockholm University Press
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