Response of a small-scale bottom-attached estuarine plume to wind and tidal dissipation

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 349-362

  Blanton, Jackson O ^a   Amft, Julie ^a   Tisue, Tom ^b  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy balance; mixing; tidal currents

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; ESTUARIES/INLETS-COASTAL; PLUMES; TIDAL EFFECTS; WIND;

ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; ESTUARINE PLUME; MIXING; PLUMES; TIDAL CURRENTS; TIDAL DISSIPATION; WATER MIXING; WIND DRIVEN CURRENT;

USA, SOUTH CAROLINA, CHARLESTON HARBOUR;

EID: 0030619395     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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