Modelling the Orust fjord system on the Swedish west coast

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 113-114, Issue , 2013, Pages 29-41

  Hansson, Daniel ^a   Stigebrandt, Anders ^a   Liljebladh, Bengt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Coastal monitoring; Marine environment; Modelling; Oceanography

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MOTION; BAROTROPIC TIDES; COASTAL MONITORING; COUNTER CURRENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MONITORING PROGRAMME; MONITORING PROGRAMS; VERTICAL STRATIFICATION;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; MODELS; NUMERICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS; WIND POWER;

WIND;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; BAROTROPIC TIDE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DENSITY; FJORD; FLUSHING; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERNAL WAVE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANOGRAPHY; OUTFLOW; TIMESCALE; UPWELLING; WATER COLUMN; WESTERLY; WIND DIRECTION; WIND POWER;

ORUST; SWEDEN; VASTRA GOTALAND;

EID: 84875247915     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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