The impact of a high discharge event on the structure and evolution of the Chesapeake Bay plume based on model results

Journal of Marine Environmental Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 311-349

  Breaker, L C ^a   Kelley, J G W ^a   Burroughs, L D ^a   Miller, J L ^d   Balasubramaniyan, B ^b   Zaitzeff, J B ^c  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^b GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Center for Satellite Application and Research   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Coastal ocean forecast system; Discharge function; Hurricane Fran; Kelvin number; Plume; Salinity; Salinity mapper; Surface currents

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; HURRICANES; OCEAN CURRENTS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOMETERS; RIVERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; THERMAL PLUMES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; COASTAL OCEAN FORECAST SYSTEM; DISCHARGE FUNCTION; KELVIN NUMBER; SALINITY MAPPER; SURFACE CURRENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CIRCULATION MODELING; COASTAL CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE MOTION; PLUME; RIVER DISCHARGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033505456     PISSN: 1061026X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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