The fate of river discharge on the continental shelf 1. Modeling the river plume and the inner shelf coastal current

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C2, 1996, Pages 3415-3434

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CURRENTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; RIVER PLUMES; SHELF DYNAMICS;

COASTS; CURRENTS; DISCHARGE; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; PLUMES; RIVERS;

EID: 0029656647     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JC03024     Document Type: Article

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