Monthly-mean circulation in the Flemish Cap region: A modeling study

Proceedings of the International Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Modeling

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 138-154

  Han, Guoqi ^a   Wang, Zeliang ^a  

^a NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TOPOLOGY; WIND EFFECTS;

BAROCLINICITY; CIRCULATION MODELS; DEEP FLANKS; WATER PROPERTIES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 33845455545     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40876(209)9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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