Labrador sea freshwater content in a model with a partial cell topographic representation

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 359-377

  Myers, Paul G ^a   Deacu, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; COUNTERCURRENT; FRESHWATER; HEAT BUDGET; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); IRMINGER SEA; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 0347026152     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1463-5003(03)00025-8     Document Type: Article

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