The fate of river discharge on the continental shelf 2. Transport of coastal low-salinity waters under realistic wind and tidal forcing

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C2, 1996, Pages 3435-3455

  Kourafalou, Vassiliki H ^a,c   Lee, Thomas N ^a   Oey, Lie Yauw ^b   Wang, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW-SALINITY WATERS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OFFSHORE TRANSPORT; RIVER DISCHARGE; SHELF DYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC, SOUTHEAST US SHELF;

CIRCULATION; COASTS; DISCHARGE; RIVERS; SIMULATION-NUMERICAL; TRANSPORT;

EID: 0029656635     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JC03025     Document Type: Article

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