Dense water formation beneath a time-dependent coastal polynya

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 807-820

  Chapman, David C ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; DENSITY; FORMATION MECHANISM; POLYNYA; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; WATER MASS;

EID: 0032721304     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<0807:DWFBAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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