Systemwide modeling of wind and density driven circulation in Croatan-Albemarle-Pamlico Estuary System Part I: Model configuration and testing

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1163-1177

  Xie, Lian ^a   Pietrafesa, Leonard J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroclinic model; Estuary shelf exchange; Inlet; Nonlinear model; Outer Banks; Wind stress

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; FLOW; SIMULATION MODEL; UNITED STATES;

CIRCULATION MODELING; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CROATAN-ALBEMARLE-PAMLICO ESTUARY SYSTEM; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032739785     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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