Modelling of the circulation in the estuary and gulf of St. Lawrence in response to variations in fresh water runoff and winds;Modélisation de la circulation dans l'estuaire et le golfe du Saint-laurent en réponse aux variations du débit d'eau douce et des vents

Revue des Sciences de l'Eau

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-176

  Saucier, François J ^a   Roy, François ^b   Senneville, Simon ^a   Smith, Gregory ^c   Lefaivre, Denis ^d   Zakardjian, Bruno ^e   Dumais, Jean François ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b Section des Prévisions Numériques   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d Institut Maurice Lamontagne   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

Author keywords

Circulation; Climate; Estuary; Hydraulic jumps; Mixing; Polynia; Tides

Indexed keywords

AIR; BOILER CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDRAULIC JUMP; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODELS; RUNOFF; TIDES; WATER; WIND STRESS;

CLIMATE; COLD INTERMEDIATE LAYERS; DYNAMICAL INSTABILITIES; ESTUARINE CIRCULATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION; INTERNAL HYDRAULIC; POLYNIA; ST. LAWRENCE RIVER;

ESTUARIES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CIRCULATION MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; FRESHWATER INPUT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLYNYA; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENT MIXING; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE; LAURENTIAN CHANNEL; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

EID: 70350352576     PISSN: 09927158     EISSN: 17188598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/037480ar     Document Type: Article

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