Modelling temperature, currents and stratification in placentia bay

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 244-260

  Ma, Zhimin ^a   Han, Guoqi ^b   DeYoung, Brad ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circulation; FVCOM; Numerical modeling; Placentia Bay; Stratification; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; COASTAL CIRCULATION; COASTAL CURRENT; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATIFICATION; TIDAL CONSTITUENT; TIDAL CURRENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; PLACENTIA BAY;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 84873305553     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.2012.677413     Document Type: Conference Paper

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