Tidal dynamics and residual circulation in a well-mixed inverse estuary

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1365-1379

  Winant, Clinton D ^a   De Velasco, Guillermo Gutiérrez ^b  

^a INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; BAROMETERS; BUOYANCY; EVAPORATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; TSUNAMIS;

TIDAL DYNAMICS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

COASTAL CIRCULATION; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; FROUDE NUMBER; TIDAL CURRENT;

MEXICO;

EID: 0042238289     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<1365:TDARCI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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