Creation of residual flows in a partially stratified estuary

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C8, 2001, Pages 17013-17037

  Stacey, Mark T ^a,d   Burau, Jon R ^b   Monismith, Stephen G ^c  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; FLOW FIELD; STRATIFICATION;

ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; RESIDUAL FLOW; STRATIFICATION;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034830061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000576     Document Type: Article

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