Wind and tidal forcing on the meso-scale circulation in Storfjorden, Svalbard

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 208-227

  Skogseth, R ^a   Sandvik, A D ^b   Asplin, L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Model study; Storfjorden; Tidal circulation; Wind induced circulation

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CYCLONE; EASTERLY WAVE; EKMAN TRANSPORT; MESOSCALE MOTION; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TIDAL CURRENT; WIND FORCING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; SPITSBERGEN; STORFJORDEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 33846075650     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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