Three-dimensional model simulations of tides and buoyancy currents along the west coast of Vancouver Island

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1300-1325

  Foreman, Michael G G ^a   Thomson, Richard E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COAST; CURRENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TIDAL FLOW;

BAROTROPIC TIDES; BUOYANCY FLOW; CIRCULATION MODELLING; COASTAL CURRENTS; SHELF DYNAMICS; SHELF WAVES;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 0031465896     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<1300:TDMSOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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