Wind-driven barotropic circulation off Newfoundland and Labrador

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 25, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 2084-2106

  Han, Guoqi ^a  

^a NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Labrador Current; Labrador Shelf; Newfoundland Shelf; Regional forcing; Remote forcing; Seasonal and interannual variability; Wind driven circulation

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BAROTROPIC MOTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

CANADA; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26944482354     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2005.04.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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