Modelling the tidal mixing fronts and seasonal stratification of the Northwest European Continental shelf

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 887-903

  Holt, Jason ^a   Umlauf, Lars ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coastal ocean modelling; Fronts; GOTM; Mixing; Northwest European shelf; POLCOMS; Stratification

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; EQUATION; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATIFICATION; TIDAL MODELING; TIDE GAUGE; TURBULENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CELTIC SEA; NORTH SEA; NORTHWEST EUROPEAN SHELF;

EID: 41149160093     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.01.012     Document Type: Article

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