Three-dimensional model simulations for the north coast of British Columbia

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1655-1682

  Ballantyne, V A ^a   Foreman, M G G ^a   Crawford, W R ^a   Jacques, R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; CURRENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SIMULATION;

3-D FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; BAROTROPIC TIDES; BUOYANCY-DRIVEN FLOW; CIRCULATION MODELLING; COASTAL DYNAMICS;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA;

EID: 0030274212     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0278-4343(96)00006-4     Document Type: Article

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