Effect of barotropic tidal rectification on low-frequency circulation near the shelf break in the northern Bay of Biscay

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C6, 1999, Pages 13489-13506

  Pérenne, Nicolas ^a   Pichon, Annick ^b,c  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b Etablissement Prin Serv H   (France)

^c CMO   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC MOTION; RESIDUAL FLOW; SHELF BREAK; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL MODELING; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

EID: 0032695710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900050     Document Type: Article

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