Observations of a pulsed buoyancy current downstream of Chesapeake Bay

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C8, 1999, Pages 18227-18240

  Rennie, Sarah E ^a   Largier, John L ^b   Lentz, Steven J ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COASTAL CURRENT; EPISODIC EVENT; ESTUARY; OUTFLOW; PLUME;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033402960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900153     Document Type: Article

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