Modelling the circulation and exchange of Kingston Basin and Lake Ontario with FVCOM

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 106-114

  Shore, Jennifer A ^a  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Finite volume model; FVCOM; Kingston Basin; Lake Ontario

Indexed keywords

3-DIMENSIONAL; CLIMATOLOGICAL CIRCULATION; CURRENT FLOWS; FINITE VOLUME MODEL; FINITE-VOLUME; FVCOM; GREAT LAKES; INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSIONS; KINGSTON BASIN; LAKE MODEL; LAKE ONTARIO; OCEAN MODEL; PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; SPIN-UP; ST. LAWRENCE RIVER; STREAMFUNCTIONS; TERRAIN FOLLOWING; UNSTRUCTURED GRID; UNSTRUCTURED MODEL;

FLOW FIELDS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

LAKES;

CIRCULATION MODELING; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 68749092558     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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