Coupling between the California Current System and a coastal plain estuary in low riverflow conditions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Hickey, B M ^a   Zhang, X ^a   Banas, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

California Current; Estuarine dynamics; Gravity current; Upwelling; Washington coast; Willapa

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; UPWELLING;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON; WILLAPA BAY;

EID: 0037110276     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc000160     Document Type: Article

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