Water-mass transformation in the shelf seas

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-214

  Badin, Gualtiero ^a,b   Williams, Richard G ^a   Sharples, Jonathan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AMPLITUDE; DENSITY CURRENT; MIXED LAYER; MIXING RATIO; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHELF SEA; SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT; TIDAL CURRENT; TURBULENT MIXING; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CELTIC SEA;

EID: 79751514350     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: 15439542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224010793721442     Document Type: Article

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