Property fields in an effluent plume of the Mississippi River

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 109-126

  Hitchcock, G L ^a   Wiseman Jr , W J ^b   Boicourt, W C ^c   Mariano, A J ^a   Walker, N ^b   Nelsen, T A ^d   Ryan, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^d ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE; PLUME; RIVER; WIND EFFECT;

PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; RIVER PLUME; RIVER PLUMES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATIONS;

GULF OF MEXICO, MISSISSIPPI PLUME; USA, MISSISSIPPI RIVER;

EID: 0030809635     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(96)00092-9     Document Type: Article

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