The Competition of Tidal Mixing and Freshwater Forcing in Shaping the Outflow from Hudson Strait

• Main Authors: Straneo, Fiammetta, Rainville, Luc
• Other Authors: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA DEPT OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Hydrology; Limnology and Potamology; *FRESH WATER; *TIDES; *STRAITS; *MIXING; *COASTAL REGIONS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; WATER; BIOCHEMISTRY; MELTS; BOUNDARY LAYER; MOISTURE CONTENT; VARIABLES; PRECIPITATION; PROFILES; VERTICAL ORIENTATION; TRANSPORT; PLUMES; RIVERS; STRATIFICATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; BOTTOM; INTERNAL WAVES; BUOYANCY; GLACIERS; MOORING; ESTUARIES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; MEASUREMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; PROPAGATION; VELOCITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; HUDSON BAY(CANADA); Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Hudson Strait; glacier*; North Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA527262; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA527262

River discharge, precipitation and, in the high-latitudes, melt water from sea-ice or glaciers give rise to fresh and buoyant plumes which flow along topographic margins. These plumes form in coastal environments and are subject to a variety of processes, including tidal mixing and surface forcing,...