A three-dimensional model of density-driven circulation in the Irish Sea

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 343-365

  Horsburgh, Kevin J ^a   Hill, A Edward ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETIC ENERGY; STORMS;

CYCLONIC GYRE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DENSITY CURRENT; GYRE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

IRISH SEA;

EID: 0012961117     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<0343:ATDMOD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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