Observations of the dynamical response of a coastal embayment to wind, tide and buoyancy forcing

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 2534-2555

  Zhai, Li ^a   Sheng, Jinyu ^a   Greatbatch, Richard J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baroclinic dynamics; Currents; Lunenburg Bay; Salinity; Temperature; Tides

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY FORCING; CURRENT; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INFLOW; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OUTFLOW; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; TIDE; WIND FORCING;

CANADA; LUNENBURG BAY; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 36048936908     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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