Influence of wind stress and ambient flow on a high discharge river plume

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2002, Pages

  Garcia Berdeal I ^a   Hickey, B M ^a   Kawase, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

California Current; Coastal buoyant discharges; Columbia River; Numerical modeling; River plumes; Washington coast

Indexed keywords

NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; RIVER PLUME; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WIND STRESS;

COLUMBIA RIVER; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0037107233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc000932     Document Type: Article

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