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

A fresh plume, driven by the large riverine input into Hudson Bay, flows along the southern shore of Hudson Strait as a buoyant coastal current (Straneo and Saucier, 2008a and b). In the strait, the plume is subject to one of the largest semi-diurnal tides in the world and therefore to intense tidal...

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Main Authors: Straneo, Fiammetta, Rainville, Luc
Other Authors: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2008
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
*FRESH WATER
*TIDES
HUDSON BAY
STRATIFICATION
STRAITS
MIXING
OCEAN CURRENTS
PLUMES
Hudson
Hudson Bay
Hudson Strait
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA534117
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA534117

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