The net water circulation through Torres strait

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 66-74

  Wolanski, Eric ^a,b   Lambrechts, Jonathan ^c   Thomas, Christopher ^c   Deleersnijder, Eric ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coral Sea; Friction; Great Barrier Reef; Gulf of Carpentaria; Net currents; Sea level slope

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CIRCULATION; DATA SET; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOLUTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ARAFURA SEA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; GULF OF CARPENTARIA; GULF OF PAPUA; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND; TORRES STRAIT;

EID: 84879559260     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2013.05.013     Document Type: Article

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