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Publications

Publications on the Halifax Harbour modelling system

Shan, S., Sheng, J., Thompson, K.R., and Greeenberg, D.A. (2011). Simulating the three-dimensional circulation and hydrography of Halifax Harbour using a multi-nested coastal ocean circulation model. Ocean Dynamics 61(7), 951-976. (Link)

Shan, S. and Sheng, J. (2012). Examintation of circulation, flushing time and dispersion in Halifax Harbour of Nova Scotia. Water Quality Research Journal of Canada 47(3-4), 353-374. (Link)

Publications on other versions of the modelling system

Bobanović, J., Thompson, K.R., Desjardins, S., and Ritchie, H. (2006). Forecasting storm surges along the east coast of Canada and the north-eastern United States: The storm of 21 January 2000. Atmosphere-Ocean 44(2), 151-161. (Link)

Ohashi, K., Sheng, J., Thompson, K.R., Hannah, C.G., and Ritchie, H. (2009). Effect of stratification on tidal circulation over the Scotian Shelf and Gulf of St. Lawrence: a numerical study using a three-dimensional shelf circulation model. Ocean Dynamics 59(6), 809-825. (Link)

Ohashi, K., Sheng, J., Thompson, K.R., Hannah, C.G., and Ritchie, H. (2009). Numerical study of three-dimensional circulation on the Scotian Shelf using a shelf circulation model. Continental Shelf Research 29(17), 2138-2156. (Link)

Ohashi, K. and Sheng, J. (2013). Influence of St. Lawrence River discharge on the circulation and hydrography in Canadian Atlantic waters. Continental Shelf Research 58, 32-49. (Link)

Ohashi, K. and Sheng, J. (2015). Investigating the effect of oceanographic conditions and swimming behaviours on the movement of particles in the Gulf of St. Lawrence using an individual-based numerical model. Atmosphere-Ocean (Link)

Thompson, K.R., Ohashi, K., Sheng, J., Bobanovic, J., and Ou, J. (2007). Suppressing bias and drift of coastal circulation models through the assimilation of seasonal climatologies of temperature and salinity. Continental Shelf Research 27(9), 1303-1316. (Link)

Yang, B. and Sheng, J. (2008). Process study of coastal circulation over the inner Scotian Shelf using a nested-grid ocean circulation model, with a special emphasis on the storm-induced circulation during tropical storm Alberto in 2006. Ocean Dynamics 58(5), 375-396. (Link)