Experimental study of the Rhone plume. Part I: Physics and dynamics

Oceanologica Acta

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 725-738

  Broche, Pierre ^a   Devenon, Jean Luc ^a   Forget, Philippe ^a   De Maistre, Jean Charles ^a   Naudin, Jean Jacques ^b   Cauwet, Gustave ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Rhone; River plume; VHF radar

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; ESTUARINE FRONT; RIVER PLUME;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RHONE PLUME; WESTERN BASIN;

EID: 0032214802     PISSN: 03991784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-1784(99)80002-4     Document Type: Article

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