Influence of stratification upon diurnal tidal currents in shelf edge regions

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1803-1831

  Xing, Jiuxing ^a   Davies, Alan M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHELF BREAK; STRATIFICATION; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032466489     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<1803:IOSUDT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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