Flow constraints on pathways through the Canadian Arctic archipelago

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 373-385

  Wang, Qiang ^a   Myers, Paul G ^a   Hu, Xianmin ^a   Bush, Andrew B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Circulation; Numerical model; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA ICE; STRATIFICATION; VORTICITY;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; LANCASTER SOUND; MCCLINTOCK CHANNEL; NUNAVUT;

EID: 84873311477     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.2012.704348     Document Type: Conference Paper

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