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
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Hydrology; Limnology and Potamology; *FRESH WATER; *STRAITS; *COASTAL REGIONS; *TIDES; *MIXING; BOUNDARY LAYER; EDDIES(FLUID MECHANICS); PLUMES; RIVERS; MOORING; ESTUARIES; HUDSON BAY; WATER; OCEAN CURRENTS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; LABRADOR SEA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Hudson Strait; Labrador Sea
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA540818; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA540818

Freshwater discharge in narrow, surface trapped, boundary plumes is a common feature of many coastal areas and straits, especially in the high latitudes. Such plumes have typically been described with synoptic measurements or steady state theoretical models and little is know about their variability...