Interannual variability of the circulation over the eastern Canadian shelf

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 277-300

  Urrego Blanco, Jorge ^a   Sheng, Jinyu ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eastern Canadian shelf; Gulf Stream; Interannual variability; Labrador Current; Monthly mean anomaly; Ocean circulation

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CIRCULATION MODELING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM; LABRADOR CURRENT;

EID: 84867230832     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.2012.680430     Document Type: Conference Paper

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