Effects of tidal current phase at the junction of two straits

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 22, Issue 11-13, 2002, Pages 1629-1642

  Warner, John ^a,b   Schoellhamer, David ^a   Burau, Jon ^a   Schladow, Geoffrey ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroclinic gradients; California; Convergence; Current shear; Salinity minimum; San Francisco Bay; USA

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MOTION; CONVERGENCE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SALINITY; STRAIT; TIDAL CURRENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036653969     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(02)00026-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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