Changes in the Northwest Atlantic circulation for the 1992-95 high NAO period from a numerical model

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1617-1635

  Luo, Yiyong ^a   Prater, Mark D ^a   Durbin, Edward G ^a   Rothstein, Lewis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Grand banks; Labrador Current; North Atlantic Oscillation

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; BAROTROPIC MOTION; COASTAL CIRCULATION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GEORGES BANK; GRAND BANKS; GULF OF MAINE; LABRADOR SEA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; SCOTIA SHELF;

EID: 33747108760     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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