Modeling the mean circulation of the Labrador Sea and the adjacent shelves

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1989-2010

  Tang, Charles C L ^a   Gui, Quincy ^a   Peterson, Ingrid K ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT SHELVES; CIRCULATION MODELLING; LINEAR 3-D DIAGNOSTIC MODEL; OPEN SEA;

LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 0030438344     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<1989:MTMCOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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