The plume of the Rhone: Numerical simulation and remote sensing

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 899-924

  Estournel, Claude ^a   Kondrachoff, Veronique ^a   Marsaleix, Patrick ^a   Vehil, Raoul ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; CURRENTS; PLUMES; REMOTE SENSING; SIMULATION-NUMERICAL;

CIRCULATION MODELLING; MODELLING; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER PLUME; RIVER PLUMES; WIND FORCING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, GULF OF LIONS, RHONE PLUME;

EID: 0030619381     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(96)00064-7     Document Type: Article

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