Response of the lower St. Lawrence Estuary to external forcing in winter

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1485-1501

  Smith, Gregory C ^a,c   Saucier, F J ^b   Straub, D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; EXTERNAL FORCING; TIDAL RESIDUALS; WINTER;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ESTUARIES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; TIDES; WIND;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS; INTERNAL TIDE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEMIDIURNAL TIDE; TIDAL CYCLE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

EID: 33749684657     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2927.1     Document Type: Article

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