Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4548699 | Journal of Marine Systems | 2009 | 18 Pages |
Abstract
FR and plume depth are key parameters in distinguishing the upwelling and downwelling situations, and these two asymmetries can be explained in terms of potential vorticity conservation. The divergence of the tidal outflow after it leaves the estuary embeds relative vorticity in the emerging tidal plume water mass. This vorticity controls the transition of the tidal plume front to a subcritical state and consequently the timing and location of internal wave generation by plume fronts.
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Authors
David A. Jay, Jiayi Pan, Philip M. Orton, Alexander R. Horner-Devine,