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Coastal Current Instability

Coastal Current Instability is a hydrodynamic phenomenon characterized by the spontaneous perturbation and breakdown of persistent coastal ocean currents due to imbalances in pressure gradients, Coriolis forces, and frictional effects at the land-sea interface.

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The Norwegian coastal current

Roald Sætre, Rikard Ljøen · Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo) · 1972 · 319 citations · Full text

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The stability of buoyancy-driven coastal currents

R. W. Griffiths, P. F. Linden · Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans · 1981 · 156 citations

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A first description of the Antarctic Peninsula Coastal Current

Carlos Moffat, Robert C. Beardsley, Breck Owens et al. · Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography · 2007 · 143 citations

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The wind-forced response on a buoyant coastal current: Observations of the western Gulf of Maine plume

Derek A. Fong, W. Rockwell Geyer, Richard P. Signell · Journal of Marine Systems · 1997 · 119 citations

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A Modeling Study of Circulation and Eddies in the Persian Gulf

Prasad G. Thoppil, Patrick Hogan · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 2010 · 118 citations

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Authors

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  1. RS
    Robert S. Pickart

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    2 publications · 136 citations

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  2. VZ
    Vladimir Zeitlin

    Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, France

    2 publications · 51 citations

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  3. AS
    Alexandre Stegner

    Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, France

    2 publications · 80 citations

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  4. JG
    Jonathan Gula

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    2 publications · 51 citations

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  5. CC
    Claudia Cenedese

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    2 publications · 59 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    1K citations

  2. Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique

    Palaiseau, France

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    182 citations

  3. École Polytechnique

    Palaiseau, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    80 citations

  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    10 publications

    150 citations

  5. Institute of Oceanology

    Qingdao, China

    2 h-index

    10 publications

    150 citations

  6. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    119 citations

  7. Florida State University

    Tallahassee, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    44 citations

  8. Stennis Space Center

    Bay Saint Louis, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    236 citations

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  1. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    12 publications · 546 citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 5 publications · 192 citations

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  3. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    3 publications · 74 citations

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  4. Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

    2 publications · 39 citations

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  5. Journal of Oceanography

    2 publications · 32 citations

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