Observations of tidal variability on the New England shelf

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Shearman, R Kipp ^a   Lentz, Steven J ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroclinic tides; Barotropic tides; Continental shelf

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MOTION; BAROTROPIC TIDE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; INTERNAL WAVE; MIXING; TIDAL CONSTITUENT;

EID: 4444251123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JC001972     Document Type: Article

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