Circulation on the Armorican shelf (Bay of Biscay) in autumn

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 72, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 218-237

  Lazure, Pascal ^a   Dumas, Franck ^a   Vrignaud, Christophe ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b CMO   (France)

Author keywords

Bay of Biscay; Hydrography; Shelf currents; SST

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OCEAN CURRENTS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

BAY OF BISCAY; SHELF CURRENTS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

AUTUMN; CIRCULATION MODELING; CURRENT VELOCITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHELF DYNAMICS; STRATIFICATION; TIDAL CURRENT; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

EID: 43649102369     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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