Observations of a negatively buoyant river plume in a large lake

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 884-894

  Churchill, James H ^a   Ralph, Elise A ^b   Cates, Angela M ^b   Budd, Judith W ^c   Urban, Noel R ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^c Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKE; RIVER PLUME;

EID: 0037349728     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2003.48.2.0884     Document Type: Article

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