Observations of the response of a buoyant estuarine plume to upwelling favorable winds

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2002, Pages

  Hallock, Z R ^a   Marmorino, G O ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Front; Plume front; River plume; Upwelling; Wind forcing

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ESTUARINE FRONT; RIVER PLUME; UPWELLING; WIND FORCING;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037101682     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000698     Document Type: Article

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