The circulation of eastern Canadian seas

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 106, Issue , 2012, Pages 28-48

  Wu, Yongsheng ^a   Tang, Charles ^a   Hannah, Charles ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELS; CURRENT FIELDS; CURRENT METERS; DAVIS STRAIT; EAST COAST; FRESHWATER TRANSPORTS; GRAND BANKS; HIGH RESOLUTION; IN-PHASE; LABRADOR CURRENT; LABRADOR SEA; NEWFOUNDLANDS; OCEAN MODEL; QUALITATIVE METHOD; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; RECIRCULATIONS; REGIONAL CIRCULATION MODELS; SCOTIAN SHELF; SEASONAL DIFFERENCES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STRONG CURRENTS; VISUAL COMPARISON;

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MARINE APPLICATIONS;

CIRCULATION MODELING; DATA SET; HYDRODYNAMICS; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAFFIN BAY [ARCTIC OCEAN]; CABOT STRAIT; CANADA; DAVIS STRAIT; FLEMISH PASS; GRAND BANKS; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE; LABRADOR SEA; LABRADOR SHELF; NEWFOUNDLAND SHELF; SCOTIA SHELF;

EID: 84868347417     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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