Gas ventilation of the saguenay Fjord by an energetic tidal front

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 308-318

  Baschek, Burkard ^a,b   Jenkins, William ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ESTUARY; GAS EXCHANGE; HELIUM; INVERSE ANALYSIS; NOBLE GAS; OCEANIC FRONT; THORIUM; URANIUM; WAVE BREAKING;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAGUENAY FJORD; SAGUENAY RIVER; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

EID: 73549124117     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3137/OC314.2009     Document Type: Article

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