Effects of Continental Slope on the Mean Shelf Circulation

Dong-Ping Wang Energy and Environmental Systems Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439

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Abstract

Csanady's (1978) theory on the mean shelf circulation in a homogeneous ocean was re-examined by including effects of a continental slope. The results suggested that the mean southwestward flow on the Mid-Atlantic Blight is driven by an inflow from the Georges Bank.

Abstract

Csanady's (1978) theory on the mean shelf circulation in a homogeneous ocean was re-examined by including effects of a continental slope. The results suggested that the mean southwestward flow on the Mid-Atlantic Blight is driven by an inflow from the Georges Bank.

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