Seasonal-mean hydrography and circulation in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and on the eastern Scotian and southern Newfoundland shelves

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1279-1301

  Han, Guoqi ^a   Loder, John W ^a   Smith, Peter C ^a   Guoqi, Han ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CIRCULATION; HYDROGRAPHY; SHELF DYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE; NEWFOUNDLAND SHELF; SCOTIAN SHELF;

EID: 0032717610     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<1279:SMHACI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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