Coastal circulations driven by river outflow in a variable-density 1 1/2 -layer model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C7, 1997, Pages 15535-15554

  McCreary, Julian P ^a   Zhang, Shuliang ^a   Shetye, Satish R ^b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; COAST; MODEL; PLUME; RIVER;

CIRCULATION MODELLING; COASTAL CIRCULATION; RIVER PLUMES;

EID: 0031455315     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JC00985     Document Type: Article

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