Regions of estuarine convergence at high Rossby number: A solution in estuaries with elliptical cross sections

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Mied, Richard P ^a   Handler, Robert A ^a   Donato, Timothy F ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergences; Elliptical bathymetry; Estuaries; Tides

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CONVERGENCE; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; ROSSBY NUMBER;

CAPE HATTERAS; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037113447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc001050     Document Type: Article

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