Modelling the mean circulation of Baffin Bay

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-109

  Dunlap, Ewa ^a   Tang, Charles C L ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; HYDROGRAPHY; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS;

ARCTIC; BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; DAVIS STRAIT; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 33645921655     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3137/ao.440107     Document Type: Article

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