Simulation of three-dimensional circulation and hydrography over the Grand Banks of Newfoundland

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 199-210

  Han, Guoqi ^a,b   Ma, Zhimin ^b   deYoung, Brad ^b   Foreman, Mike ^c   Chen, Nancy ^a  

^a NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Grand Banks of Newfoundland; Labrador Current; Numerical modeling; Salinity; Shelf circulation; Temperature; Tides

Indexed keywords

LABRADOR CURRENT; NEWFOUNDLANDS; NUMERICAL MODELING; SALINITY; SHELF CIRCULATION;

DOPPLER EFFECT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TIDES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HYDROGRAPHY; NONLINEARITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEAN TIDE; OCEANIC CURRENT; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

EID: 80053502709     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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