Barotropic response of the Labrador/Newfoundland shelf to a moving Storm

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1152-1172

  Tang, C L ^a   Gui, Q ^b   Detracey, B M ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b Guideng Research and Technology   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BAROTROPIC MOTION; CIRCULATION MODELING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; SHELF DYNAMICS; STORM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032427006     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<1152:BROTLN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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