Sea level rise and tidal power plants in the Gulf of Maine

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2863-2873

  Pelling, Holly E ^a   Mattias Green, J A ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bay of Fundy; Gulf of Maine; resonance; sea level rise; tidal model; tidal power plants

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRACTION; FLOODS; RESONANCE; SEA LEVEL; TIDAL POWER; TIDES;

BAY OF FUNDY; FLOOD DEFENSE; GULF OF MAINE; MAXIMUM POWER EXTRACTIONS; POWER EXTRACTION; SEA LEVEL RISE; TIDAL MODELS; TIDAL TURBINES;

TIDAL POWER PLANTS;

AMPLITUDE; ENERGY RESOURCE; FRICTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDAL MODELING; TIDAL POWER; TURBINE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

EID: 84882791074     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20221     Document Type: Article

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