Formation of a shelfbreak front by freshwater discharge

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 36, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 103-124

  Narayanan, Chandrasekher ^a   Garvine, Richard W ^b  

^a STENNIS SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom boundary layer; Coastal currents; Freshwater discharge; Fronts; Shelfbreak front

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL CURRENT; RIVER DISCHARGE; SHELF BREAK; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 0036838177     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0265(02)00027-1     Document Type: Article

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