Numerical simulations of a buoyancy-driven coastal countercurrent off Vancouver Island

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 418-435

  Masson, Diane ^a   Cummins, Patrick F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CIRCULATION MODELING; COASTAL CIRCULATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 0032732197     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<0418:NSOABD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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